Government is illegitimate in the eyes of many anyways. Anarchy isn't lawlessness. People would still enforce crimes against society and against individuals just in a privatized way. People should govern things by themselves. The government just gets in the way a lot. Why should we have it around if it's been proven throughout history that it's a bad thing? I would like to have a legitimate government but I know all too well that a legitimate government is a utopia. So, anarchy I think is the best solution, but it gets a bad rap from the MSM... so just open your eyes a bit... anarchy isn't that bad of an idea.

This country needs a revolution the way I see it and after that's done we should kick out all the CEO's of every major corporation and all the bankers too.

I think that original creator of the idea is Bakunin. A lot of his work was taken by communists (Marx, Engels, Lenin) and twisted around into their own ideology, often opposite of what Bakunin suggested.



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I'm not in favor of creating a socio-anarchist society. I'm all for a capitalist-anarcho society... I still would like to have the free market... but it would be free for everyone... not some half worked out version of state capitalism... I just think that anarchy is a far better alternative than government.

Revolutions keep things fresh and clean, otherwise the dirt starts to build up and before you know it's filthy.

Anarchy sounds more like devolution than advancement.

A productive society has to have organization. Large groups need people to make plans for the group.

In a perfect world that group would have the welfare of the people in mind but, unfortunately, greed and self interest is what drives our Government.

I agree that we need change but anarchy isn't the answer. The people who come out on top in such a situation would probably be much worse than the ones who are currently in power. We've granted them the power but in a condition of anarchy that power would be taken by force. What good could come of that?

Anarchy evolves into despotism which in turn leads to a dictatorship. While Republics turn into oligarchy's. Its what the people want the government to turn into.

In ancient Rome, the republic was taken over by a dictatorship and thus ensured that the roman empire lasted hundreds of years longer than the republic could have managed.

The same goes for America, the Ideology of the Republic will fall to a dictatorship in time when the person with the right know how decides to cross the Rubicon and take over.

The only government form that is without corruption is the Wukagarky where I What U KNO am sole ruler over the Earth, it differs from a monarchy where I What U KNO have the best interests of the people at heart.

Human society started out as an anarchic form of Government. Over time, it evolved and as more and more people were present in society, the Government grew in order to manage it, from villages to towns, to cities and then to empires.

If we woke up tomorrow and there was no central Government, then within 100 years it would be back... And it might not be so accomodating as the one we have now.

As the great man himself once said "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”"....

EDIT: For 2 O'clock in the morning spelling...

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We might want to rethink that. Here in the US, we've had examples of small outbreaks of anarchy. Liberty City in Miami, in Los Angeles in '92, and New York.

You better think about that. Mass chaos, random violence, gangs, looting, stores closed and looted, neighborhoods burning, and the thin veneer of civilization was temporarily peeled away.

Now, imagine this on a national level. No banks, no money, no transportation, no food, no stores open, no nothing.

I've been where the gun rules. Where there is no morality. Where there is no police, no protection, no order. Only ruthless violence. And to survive, you have to be more ruthless.

Romantic ideas of anarchy are nothing like the brutal realities of the real thing.

Be real careful what you ask for.

You just might get it.

I don't know. At this point in human evolution I think anarchy would not be wise.

Take Somalia for example. There is no active government in place there. Take a look at what things are like there. People are resorting to pirating in order to simply get by.

It is a place of filth, crime and disease now.

I do believe that here in the US our government should have LESS power rather than more. However, no government at all would surely be the down fall of this once great country of ours.

Our country was created "by the people for the people" but to eliminate this countries government all together would be wreckless and desctructive.

Anarchy just doesnt work....atleast not at this poin in human history. We are just not capable of living civilyand safely together with out some form of government.

You may think that it looks good on paper however keep in mind human nature and you will see where the problem lies, much the same as with communism. Human nature gets in the way.



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Anarchy is like communism, in the true sense of the words, looks good on paper but once you factor in the human equation it doesn't work in reality.They are for personal responsibility but you have fear, greed and any various other human failings that would render these ideologies impotent.