Quote Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
i can't say as i blame you. i'm sure that you, along with most everyone else, have been brainwashed into believing in the need for the massive bureaucracy that is sucking dry the citizens of this country and doing their best to enslave us as they consolidate the power we so willingly abdicate to them. i'm certain you see the concept of anarchy as a wilderness with no rules and no law but the law of the jungle (much like the streets of many of our cities after the sun goes down). i have no doubt that you find the average person incapable of governing himself. that is, after all, the only reason we should endure these uncaring bureaucracies supported by the sweat of the people they claim to represent.

it's a pity you stop listening when you hear that someone may advocate an ideal so different from the reality you desperately cling to. it's a pity that most people refuse to listen to the idea that humanity is capable of ruling itself without the buffer of a million civil servants to water down the truth of what the people really need. if they bothered to listen and to think we might have fewer ignorant souls who cannot see beyond the mundane lies of their masters, who are capable of forming opinions based on something a bit more real than video games and the daily show.
Oh, no I can govern myself quite well, given the resources. But can others? Fuck no! All it takes is a few people who want nothing more than what they can get for themselves while they can get it, and with no one to stop them, they WILL get it and fuck a lot of people in the process. The problem with anarchy is it focuses explicitly on the self, the individual. Watch Mad Max; anarchy in action. You're honestly going to tell me that if we did away with all laws and guide lines, even if over a 100 year period, that things will be fine and dandy? We might regress to a tribal state, but I can't say that'd be terribly fun.