RE: Anarchy is a Cool Idea…But can it Actually Work?

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Anarchy is a Cool Idea…But can it Actually Work?

in anarchy •  7 years ago 

I agree, it is a very interesting topic of discussion...for a website such as Steemit. In the real world it just can't and hasn't worked, as outlined from the Africa topic as an example. In the real world their are just too many factors that need to be governed, in my opinion, or policed. Even though people don't want to admit it, we are all just looking for someone to tell us to do/not do something, which is not how Anarchy works.

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Explain the lack of warlords in Zomia, an anarchist society that is over 100 million strong and 2000 years old, made up of 5 distinct cultures.

I understand what you're saying regarding governance. However, I do believe we could solve any number of issues on our own if enough of us wanted to, and we had a better vehicle for getting the news around.

I don't need to be told what to do. I think I've carved out my stance and way of doing things quite nicely on my own. I think many here have. I think what I want is consensus. A path forward. A way to do what I feel I should do without it royally making someone else upset at me for it. :) Which as far as I can tell, means not taking "too much" from the reward pool, whatever that means.

If anarchy works, it's because a group of disparate thinking individuals have enough respect for one anothers' thoughts and opinions to allow it all coexist, with hopefully exceptions made for practices that damage more than the individual, or that threaten to destroy the ability for participants to think and speak their opinions and live accordingly.