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Havoc · 2020-08-26 10:32:21+00:00

Anarchy is generally not much fun so yeah I can see that.

Good policing > Bad policing > No policing

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superplussed | karma 646 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2017-04-16 13:34:58+00:00

Seems like the opposite of anarchy :)

drcongo | karma 5478 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2021-06-25 11:44:39

You say that like anarchy is a bad thing.

ihsw | karma 5237 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2012-10-20 16:45:59+00:00

By anarchy you mean lack of government-enforced order rather than simply lack of order, right?

eldenwrong | karma 45 | avg karma 0.41 · | 2023-03-30 11:42:30

Imagine going outside of your house and engaging in voluntary interactions the whole day. A horrible horrible world.

Thankfully the government and police make everyone behave due to the threat of violence. What would we do without them!!?

Anarchy doesn't mean no rules

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AnimalMuppet | karma 25021 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2014-11-12 23:45:04+00:00

For all the harm that government does, anarchy is almost always worse.

drcongo | karma 5478 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2017-08-25 21:01:23+00:00

Wait, anarchy is not the opposite of disorder, it's the opposite of authoritarianism.

beaconstudios | karma 6875 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2017-03-07 09:08:31

I think it's fair to say they are, although I included the "(and/or for fun)" to cover the usual kind of anarchy.

username90 | karma 5064 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2020-09-05 17:15:39+00:00

USA is one of the worst example though, there are plenty of societies which have well behaved police forces and still aren't anarchist.

greesil | karma 2499 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2021-09-06 11:13:13

So it's better than anarchy? Admittedly it's a low bar to clear, but what would you propose as better?

flyinRyan | karma 1240 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2012-06-22 11:13:54+00:00

Anarchy?

wahnfrieden | karma 6701 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2022-12-31 00:18:34

Anarchy

ecto | karma 260 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2012-05-26 18:25:56

I agree, but I would replace anarchy with chaos.

Anarchy != chaos

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snitko | karma 2649 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2014-01-26 13:46:54

States did a great job convincing people that anarchy == violence. Yet what is the evidence for that? If you look at history, an average state over the course of, say, 10 years, murdered more people than the bloodiest of all anarchists did over his lifetime.

And then you should also understand that anarchy doesn't mean no laws and policing. It means that people choose to live by the laws they want (and not by voting, but by becoming customers of different law firms) and people choose private protection agencies to pay to instead of being bitten by state police troopers if they disobey. If people decide they don't like the service, they stop paying and go to a competitor. Now try doing that with a state and taxation.

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zhrvoj | karma 43 | avg karma 0.96 · | 2021-12-17 15:58:54

This is anarchy, and it's good.

hikerclimber | karma -25 | avg karma -0.21 · | 2021-01-06 22:40:40+00:00

nice! anarchy.

public_defender | karma 868 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2023-07-01 14:11:13

I think you're confusing anarchy with disorder.

evanrmurphy | karma 605 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2010-04-25 21:28:09+00:00

Anarchy.

mirimir | karma 16819 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2015-08-04 17:07:28

Isn't that anarchy of a sort?

wizzwizz4 | karma 5694 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2024-04-24 11:12:12

Anarchy is an "-archy": it's about the structure of governance, not about laws.