Quote:But, without authority of some description, what do we have? It is called anarchy. It is ok to think this idea is ok, but in reality anarchy would be survival of the strongest. Man eat Man. There are some extremely bad people out there, that would not hesitate in killing people for the fun of it. Would you survive?
I think you're probably right when referring to the deconstruction of a large and sophisticated state. A good example is the disintegration of imperial China ,from say the early C19th.
However,there have always been and still are,successful anarchic societies.In fact the oldest,and most successful society on earth (Australian aborigine) is anarchic.Other examples include most indigenous North American societies as well as a large number of African societies.