| Khuutra said: I think some people in this topic kind of run too literal an understanding of what "anarchy" means. Anarchy in a much stricter sense isn't a chaotic lack of government, it's the ability to opt out of the social contract whenever you feel like it. Anarchy can actually be applied to a tremendous number of political and sociological ideologies without losing its meaning. Hell, it's one of my favorite ideas period, not just one of my favorite ideas in the political sphere. |
That is the definition I was going for when I mentioned anarchy. I happen to also bring up that societies tend to break down without the coersive enforcement of rules and standards placed on individuals (allowing the opting out at any time causes this). End result is individuals then go to war over to each other, and then the knife fight breaks out. I was saying, because of this, libertarians tend to be more pragmatic and argue there is a need for individuals to carry guns, and also a legal system to enforce contracts, because the idealistic state anarchists think is good, can't happen. Private property rights need to be enforced. I did play in the absurd though with the concepts though, and acknowledge it.
Want to know what happens when there is opting out of contracts at any time? See what happens in couple relationships when infidelity is discovered. It gets ugly, even to the place of bloodshed. Of course, it is argued such couple relationships should be done away with, but it seems people long for these.
