Quote Originally Posted by partyguy420
well if we are animals, then why do we have so many laws, i mean, ive never seen a squirle smokin a joint, and he a 5-o squirle come up and say"your busted" and put the squirle in the back of the squirle 5-o car.
what does that have to do with us being animals? just because we are smart enough to have all of the things that you just mentioned does not mean that we are not animals. we are living things with organs as our engine. biologically there is no difference between you and an animal. some people think that they have free will, and that seperates them from being animals. if you think that, you're just decieving yourself. every decision you make is based on previous decisions, classical and operant conditioning, and observational learning. there is no such thing as free will, unfortunately.

i completely agree with the first post, but there is no way an anarchist society would work in todays world. it's just TOO LATE for that unfortunately. people always say "human nature" would keep us from being able to live in an anarchist society, but most human nature is caused by capitalism in the first place.

think about it: why do people steal others' belongings? because those belongings cost money that the stealers don't have. if everyone got only what they needed there would be no need to steal. almost all of this "human nature" concept is manipulating others for personal gain, and personal gain is what capitalism is all about...

BUT another thing to consider is that in an anarchist and equal society, there would be a complete lack of motivation. people don't want to do something if it does not better themselves, and we could not move forward in any sort of technology or invention or service or anything like that because there would be no point in doing anything if there is no reward. unfortunately this is just how most people think.

basically what i'm saying is that you're right on paper, but anarchy or communism just does not work in real life. it's too late for something so radical in a frighteningly conservative world.