reply to post by Sherlock Holmes
I disagree. It's the artificial scarcity of needed resources, a functional requirement of capitalism, that creates the majority of negative human
behavior.
Most crime is a result of the imbalance in wealth, the rich poor divide. Those who have their needs satisfied are less likely to commit property
crime. Part of capitalism is unemployment, in an anarchist society those who can work will.
A lot of other crimes come from a desire for power and control, our system teaches the desire for power and control as it benefits capitalism, but is
not good for society as a whole. Those crimes would be reduced in a system that is based on equality rather then hierarchy.
Some crime will not change regardless of whether we have a State system or not.
The present capitalist system promotes competition, greed, and rampant individualism, Anarchism promotes cooperation, solidarity, and mutual aid.
Anarchism can not free the people, no system can, the people must free themselves. It can not be forced, it has to be voluntary. But Anarchists
believe it is the true nature of humans to organize this way, and without the hierarchical system we have now crime will be reduced because peoples
needs would be more satisfied.
"Do you think that men become thieves and murderers without a reason".
Errico Malatesta (Italian anarcho-communist 1853-1932).
For those who claim that without laws they would go around killing people, well do you really think we won't protect ourselves? Do you really think
it takes a state system to stop you? All your doing is taking advantage of freedom, something we all claim to want, using your freedom to deny
someone else theirs. If you truly want to be free then you have to respect other peoples freedom, otherwise you would not be welcome in any anarchist
society, just like you wouldn't be in the present one.
edit on 2/18/2011 by ANOK because: typo