Citation needed. I think we’d be fine.
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ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You ever been in a room where one psychotic person seems to set the whole tone? That’s the world without governments. Anarchy inevitably leads to misery, so let’s come up with the best government we can.
sarchar@programming.dev 9 months ago
ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No where on earth has anarchy, the places that have it for a few days spontaneously develop order through gangs, warlords, or the intervention of more stable societies
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
You ever been to Somalia?
janAkali@lemmy.one 9 months ago
I thought about this for some time. An anarchy would always collapse into governed state.
First, imagine the perfect scenario where there no authority and world is just a lot of tiny city-sized communities. It would take just a single bad actor to form a state, start invading neighboring communities and growing in power. In response - other communities would be forced to group into increasingly bigger states to have a chance to oppose influence from bigger/richer states.
This thought experiment also works if violent takeover is replaced by economic one. Think of cartels and monopolies.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
Until they hit another group that is either bigger or stronger and opposed to their way of doing shit. Really no different than how shit works now, really. Because you certainly wouldn’t be free to murder and steal and rape and whatnot even in an anarchistic society; people who don’t want you doing that shit would stop you or punish you; just not the same way it’s done now.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months ago
And some of those groups would form some ways to manage shit and conduct wars, leading us probably back to governments.