Well put Anomalocaris. You're ideas seem to be in accord with my oen of exactly what would happen if government were done away with. The Walking Dead, while fictional, kind of shows what might happen when government breaks down. Lord of the Flies also shows a model of what might happen when even young minds suddenly find themselves without governance. Tribes form; smart tribes develop methods to enhance their ability to sustain themselves like rules, standards, symbols to unify the people, and traditions to name a few things.
To Flatassembler,
Arming the populace just means the gangs that form will be armed.
The biggest threat to the freedom from government is the fact that people have egos.
Pointing out that government doesn't do that well at controlling externalities does nothing to elucidate the method by which an anarchy WOULD control them and is a tu quoque falacy.
Anarchy is an idea that dies in the face of reality. There is no way to maintain that state unless people stay far away from each other. Because when people interact there will be disagreements and those disagreements will eventually necessitate rules at the very least. I live in America; the populace is armed! There are governments within governments here BECAUSE of the firearms!
To Flatassembler,
Arming the populace just means the gangs that form will be armed.
The biggest threat to the freedom from government is the fact that people have egos.
Pointing out that government doesn't do that well at controlling externalities does nothing to elucidate the method by which an anarchy WOULD control them and is a tu quoque falacy.
Anarchy is an idea that dies in the face of reality. There is no way to maintain that state unless people stay far away from each other. Because when people interact there will be disagreements and those disagreements will eventually necessitate rules at the very least. I live in America; the populace is armed! There are governments within governments here BECAUSE of the firearms!
