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jmowreader

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40. It is very easy to understand Anarchy

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:06 AM

Apr 2016

Go to the nearest video store, right now, and buy a copy of "Escape from New York."

The "ideal anarchic society" is called Voluntaryism. It basically works under the Golden Rule: all interactions between people are voluntary and no government is needed to mediate them.

The "reality anarchic society" is called Somalia. With no government to mediate interactions between people, the meanest bastard in town gathers together all the scumbags and forms a government of his own...but he does whatever the hell he wants and everyone else has to take it, or kill the bastard and start a new anarchic government.

There's an old book called "Inside the Soviet Army" that contains a truism: someone will always take charge. The author gives the example of a bunch of little kids on the playground: eventually one of them will lead the rest of them.

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someone help understand Anarchy. How does it work as a government? Is it just libertarianism? [View all] Bucky Apr 2016 OP

Anarchists don't respect any authority. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2016 #1

It means that there is no ruler (e.g. no government) and no hierarchy. DetlefK Apr 2016 #2

Mutual aid. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #3

A secret society of Glass Repairmen. trumad Apr 2016 #4

. arcane1 Apr 2016 #27

It doesn't work AgerolanAmerican Apr 2016 #5

Pretty much this....^^^ Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #7

Real anarchy goes hand-in-hand with war and disaster. sofa king Apr 2016 #6

Whatever you say, Hobbes Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #21

And for you here's "Hobbes' corollary to anarchy": sofa king Apr 2016 #42

Good explanation. Definitely the weakest members of a jwirr Apr 2016 #25

It doesn't, and it isn't... TreasonousBastard Apr 2016 #8

The human mind is a weird place The2ndWheel Apr 2016 #9

Anarchy means local rule, no ruling class. bemildred Apr 2016 #10

sounds like Feudalism Bucky Apr 2016 #16

No it doesn't, feudal societies were very class-ridden and structured. bemildred Apr 2016 #17

The lack of resources has a lot to do with what you are saying. jwirr Apr 2016 #29

Yes. Competition for resources is at the root of it. bemildred Apr 2016 #30

With the kind of problems we are facing in our world today jwirr Apr 2016 #31

Some of the smarter ones seem to get it, but that doesn't seem the way to bet. nt bemildred Apr 2016 #36

Not "anarchy" -- Anarchism Old Union Guy Apr 2016 #11

The one fundamental flaw in anarchism is human nature. Oneironaut Apr 2016 #12

Not possible... TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2016 #43

The correct term, I suppose, would be an alliance. Oneironaut Apr 2016 #44

No, it's not libertarianism. In fact, it can be quite socialist. Xithras Apr 2016 #13

Anarchism is much closer to libertarianism than to socialism. If you say "everything that impacts pnwmom Apr 2016 #24

Where on the left have you ever seen a non-governing system? Rex Apr 2016 #14

I disagree. The right is always about government daddy statism. MillennialDem Apr 2016 #33

Maybe the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another tralala Apr 2016 #38

I never got the whole anarchy/anarchism thing. skypilot Apr 2016 #15

It's really more of a political philosophy Major Nikon Apr 2016 #18

Anarcho-syndicalism? pokerfan Apr 2016 #19

It doesn't work outside of very small groups anigbrowl Apr 2016 #20

...by design Major Nikon Apr 2016 #28

I'm sure there's a point in here but I'm not sure what it is anigbrowl Apr 2016 #37

The antithesis to anarchism is authoritarianism Major Nikon Apr 2016 #39

The basic idea, as I understand it, is that left to their own devices small groups of people Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #22

So far, this is one of the better and more adult threads we've had here in quite some time. Hekate Apr 2016 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #26

Chaos is more of a feature of authoritarianism Major Nikon Apr 2016 #35

Libertarianism is the OPPOSITE of anarchy. Libertarianism is getting government thugs to MillennialDem Apr 2016 #32

After that, the Mafia. n/t Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #34

It is very easy to understand Anarchy jmowreader Apr 2016 #40

It's the absence of government BainsBane Apr 2016 #41