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UnschoolShqiponjë
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John Tuttle Wrote:People have one goal in life: security. Anarchy threatens one's security, there right to life. People don't like that. So what will they do? People will organize into groups to ensure security. Essentially, any anarchy will evolve into a society of hundreds of small gangs, each one built in a community. Is that good? Heck no. These gangs have one goal: acquire power. That is what states do, that is what these mini-states will do. Power secures security. Gangs will always be afraid that other gangs will destroy them and thus will war with the weaker gangs to acquire power and security. Similarly, they will go to war to acquire resources, such as sources of fresh water or arable land. For without these resources they do not have security. And without a central government there is nothing stopping a gang of 100 people from kicking a gang of 40 people off of their land and taking their stuff. Essentially anarchy replaces a society of nation-states with a society of community-states. These states would be just as violent, if not more so, than nation-states. Anarchy would not be pleasant to live in. How do we know this? Because the world is currently an anarchy of countries. States act just as how the gangs will act in an anarchy, for there is no central government of the world.
You remind me of a small yapping poodle... the kind that I just want to punt... heh
Your baseless assumptions are fucking hilarious. OH if some people form a group then well hell that means they are going to be dicks and try and take over! I could do the same thing...
People have one goal in life... autonomy. A state threatens this autonomy by forcing a person to follow laws they may not want to follow... blah blah blah more nonsense... do some research on human nature please k bye.
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UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:Your baseless assumptions are fucking hilarious. OH if some people form a group then well hell that means they are going to be dicks and try and take over! I could do the same thing...
People have one goal in life... autonomy. A state threatens this autonomy by forcing a person to follow laws they may not want to follow... blah blah blah more nonsense...
No man is an island. While I agree that autonomy should be maximized as far as possible, we ultimately cannot achieve full autonomy.
Quote:do some research on human nature please k bye.
You do some research into human nature. Men aren't angels.
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UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:You remind me of a small yapping poodle... the kind that I just want to punt... heh
Considering that the average poodle is more intelligent than you are, I'll take that as a compliment.
UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:Your baseless assumptions are fucking hilarious. OH if some people form a group then well hell that means they are going to be dicks and try and take over! I could do the same thing...
People or groups of people acting like dicks? NEVER. Oh yeah, except that we have all of human history to cull examples from.
UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:People have one goal in life... autonomy. A state threatens this autonomy by forcing a person to follow laws they may not want to follow... blah blah blah more nonsense... do some research on human nature please k bye.
Um, no. That is scientifically incorrect. Learn something about humans. Humans are social animals, just as our closest relatives - chimpanzees and the other great apes are. Chimpanzees organize into groups just like humans. Humans are not purely autonomous creatures nor have we ever been purely autonomous creatures. Humans will always form groups to survive, and in order to gain resources and security these groups will always seek power through conflict. We see that in even in chimpanzees. It is part of how our brain is wired. See, evolution doesn't value autonomy in humans. Humans are fairly weak, and our children are hopelessly useless up until they become teenagers, so the only way humans evolved in nature was by being social animals. But I guess science is too advanced for you.
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