Why is Anarchism mostly taken as a joke?

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Anarcho-capitalism is an oxymoron because anarchy means "without archons" and private police are archons. Anarcho-socialism is just unrealistic, idealistical communism. After all, Karl Marx's vision of communism after capitalism self-destructs is statelessness. (That is not to say that anarcho-socialists are Marxists.) When you ask an anarcho-socialist what he or she would do about people being cruel to others, it is common to be accused of not understanding anarchy. But the truth is, the answers they give are not just something everyone would embrace as soon as they understand it. Here is an example.