Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto
Umm, no, the 70-year-old crippled man would be protected by the community's voluntary association devoted to stopping crime (crime being the limitation of another's freedom, such as the 5 men with guns threatening the old man). Why does having a community organization for protecting people against such displays of authority necessitate a centralized, hierarchical social system?

What guarantee do you have that enough people will join? What if this anarchal society needs to pool every avaliable rescource to fend off an invading army, but everyone does not want to? They would have to be MADE to, or the civilization would fall to an "organized" power. And, how would the volunteers get "money", or "things", to simplify matters. Let me guess, the people that had more "stuff" would kindly donate it to the helpful volunteers.

lol i dount it. humans are selfish creatures

Face it, anarchy is like communism. Looks good on paper, doesnt work in real life.

It doesn't, and if you'll look at the histories of Spain and the Ukraine you'll find the proof. As I have already explained, anarchy does NOT mean every man for himself. It means that those organizations necessary for the public good would be organized according to the principles of direct democracy, egalitarianism, free association and mutual aid.

show me any country that thrived for a long period of time while under anarchy. post a link, and PLEASE, not from a crappy website no one has ever heard of.
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