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I had some thoughts about 'universal anarchism' earlier today. What do you reckon?

I think that the real beauty of anarchy is it's reliance on natural selection.

The main driving force behind the free market comes down to innovation, and so does anarchy in general - competing ideas are free spread and propogate, constantly progressing the people that employ it. As Stef says, it's the same reason that governments and the wealthy are so successful; they have a farmer-like monopoly over us which allows them to battle for our production value in a uniquely competitive way. It's like a kind of 'ideology battle' going on out there between politicians and rich people.

If our genes evolved in a such a fashion to create the complexity of life, why can't we just copy the effective and stable anarchism that is found within nature itself?

One thought - would it be easier to achieve anarchy in a single-government world?

Kryst:

would it be easier to achieve anarchy in a single-government world?

Intriguing question.

I'm curious why you might suppose that the number (or jurisdiction) of governments might have an effect on the general acceptability of a pure state of freedom?

From a competitive point of view, having people accept the non violence principle in one part of the world is easily opposed to by larger violent states (is that why the master slave relationship exists?). Wouldn't a grassroots anarchist situation naturally arise if weapons were simply removed from society? Are there any credible ways for this to happen, other than having a world-synchronised anarchist revolution?

Edit: I understand there would still be a mega-state... Let's just say the 'American Empire' for example, but free borders that might come with a single government would make it a lot easier to 'organise' worldwide anarchy.

I'd rather be dealing with small states. Divide and Conquer.

In True News 45 Stef says "domestic tyrany is better than foreign tyranny."

Lets put it 1 other way. If you intend to resist your oppressor, would you rather resist against a handful of police resembling Barney fife? Or a few million stormtroopers?

Kryst:

Wouldn't a grassroots anarchist situation naturally arise if weapons were simply removed from society? Are there any credible ways for this to happen, other than having a world-synchronised anarchist revolution?

I don't have the foggiest clue on how to make an anarchist society other than education, and I don't know how it would come about.  I'm not sure where removing weapons would help, though, even if it were possible.