Laeserin @Laeserin - 13d
People complain about national taxation, but before that, people were pressed into paying local warlords. There was no advanced planning or legal redress. And since people weren't yet particularly productive, even relatively small taxes, like the traditional tenth, were highly onerous and could result in starvation. Once you realize most anarcho-libertarian polices are fashioned for people hunting Injuns and bears, in the Wild West, where their next neighbor is 25 miles away, they make some sort of sense. Otherwise, not.
aivii @aivii - 13d
There is nothing that a state does that couldn't be done better by a private company. A very narrow take of this, Laeserin.
Warlords we get to elect. Anarchy is just everyone being a warlord, after all.
This is why I think anarchy is unsustainable. If everyone is a warlord, the warlords will eventually form a hierarchy, again. There will always be someone who warlords better than someone else. One warlord will be overtaken because he's ill or old, or you're desperate to take his women or other property, or he's away traveling. So, warlords will begin joining forces to protect their property and need some sort of agreement on how to do so, and then you are right back at a state. Anarchy depends upon all warlords remaining atomized and peaceful, forever. nostr:nevent1qqs0arwnd85kv3kuqr0h6q5kxuaxvnlznlzatzfn498949tzmg0cafspz3mhxw309akx7cmpd35x7um58g6rsd3e9upzphtxf40yq9jr82xdd8cqtts5szqyx5tcndvaukhsvfmduetr85ceqvzqqqqqqyde7rdg
Yes, everyone gets a weapons arsenal and some real estate (an apartment in Tokyo or a cottage in suburban Liverpool, etc.), we leave them alone for 10 years, and come back to...? Everything staying exactly as we left it? 🤔
Yeah, it's a sort of Hippie Utopia, but with hunting rifles. Like a commune, but less efficient, as each participant has to cook their own stew.
Well, except that anarchy would kill a lot of people. Not everyone can do the warlord thing.
What if you can't afford the service?
calvadev⚡️ @calvadev⚡️ - 12d
Panarchism is the way.
