Comment on What do you think of anarchism?

Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  When large groups of people need to live together there needs to be structure and rules that must be respected, and the rules need to be upheld by a governing body.

  you can’t prove this.

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As I stated, people defending anarchy doesn’t understand the psychology of larger groups.
    I can only say that EVERY successful society has a central government. If Anarchy could work as well, how come there are no successful anarchy societies.
    Not as in so few, but NONE! If it should work so well, why has no country ever even tried? When a country is thrown into anarchy because the government is removed, and nothing replaces it. It always turns out the same. Extreme violence, theft and hunger.
    That’s what is shown to happen when Anarchy reigns.

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    • nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If Anarchy could work as well, how come there are no successful anarchy societies.

      there are

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Bullshit.

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    • nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      can only say that EVERY successful society has a central government.

      you don’t define success.

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I absolutely do, as in NOT being dominated by Extreme violence, theft and hunger.

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• communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Anarchists believe in a government with direct democracy, you are arguing against a strawman

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh you mean a democracy that isn’t flawed like the USA.
    Scandinavian countries have direct democracy, and they are in no way anarchist.

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    • communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Maybe you mean general elections on every detail of law, but again, that’s impossible, it’s stupid, it’s a waste of time and resources to have people decide how farmers interact with suppliers and dairy, something 99.9% of all people have no knowledge of.

      this is not a problem in any real world anarchist society, what actually happens is building law through consensus, look at the way the zapatistas organize for example.

      showing up to the meetings isn’t mandatory, but they have one day off where everyone is allowed to participate, in the event of a tie, they vote, but most decisions are made through consensus.

      also I think you vastly overestimate how much laws need to be changed, lawmakers will not endlessly go back and forth about unimportant things. did you know most members of congress in the us don’t even read the bills they sign? How much work is it really to help with making law once a week or so?

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        this is not a problem in any real world anarchist society that has ever existed

        As in none.

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