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Any Anarchists Here?

bikerdruid said:
anarchists do not want chaos.
anarchism demands responsibility.
an anarchist's right to freedom does not allow him to interfere with the freedom of another.
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It doesn't matter what they want, so long as there are no institutions in place (a government) to prevent chaos they will get chaos.

Anarchy doesn't even work on paper, let alone the real world.
 
bikerdruid said:
anarchists do not want chaos.
anarchism demands responsibility.
an anarchist's right to freedom does not allow him to interfere with the freedom of another.
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then how do anarchists prevent situations like Somalia?

and how will a man prevent people squatting on his land in an anarchy if there is no law enforcement mechanism?
 
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NWO Sentryman said:
then how do anarchists prevent situations like Somalia?

and how will a man prevent people squatting on his land in an anarchy if there is no law enforcement mechanism?
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if someone has more land than they need, there is no reason to stop someone from squatting on it, as long as they keep to themselves and mind their own business.
 
WildCat said:
It doesn't matter what they want, so long as there are no institutions in place (a government) to prevent chaos they will get chaos.

Anarchy doesn't even work on paper, let alone the real world.
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Define chaos.
 
NWO Sentryman said:
1. then how do anarchists prevent situations like Somalia?

2. and how will a man prevent people squatting on his land in an anarchy if there is no law enforcement mechanism?
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1. They can't.

2. Try to talk them out of it.

Edit: To clarify 1,

let's say you are opposed to murder. A critic says, "but murders will always happen!"
You say "sure, doesn't mean I'm in favor of them, and I won't murder anyone personally and I'll try to prevent a murder if i can"
Same thing with anarchy.
 
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bikerdruid said:
if someone has more land than they need, there is no reason to stop someone from squatting on it, as long as they keep to themselves and mind their own business.
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Why should a man's rights to life, liberty and property be infringed upon by an arbitrary statement of "more land than they need"? As long as his ownership of land does not break laws, why should it not be his?
 
bikerdruid said:
greed.
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define "greed". One man's "greed" could be another man's "self interests". Why should a man be limited in his wealth if it does not violate any laws?

Things have changed since the middle ages, when tenants were literally the property of landlords.
 
bikerdruid said:
if someone has more land than they need, there is no reason to stop someone from squatting on it, as long as they keep to themselves and mind their own business.
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Who gets to define how much land someone "needs"? You? The land owner? Some kind of centralised committee which exists to make decisions like this?
 
Galteeth said:
In this case, the squatter and the "owner"
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in any case, the owner would tell the squatter:
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ETA: The "owner"? They have a deed which legally recognises the claim to their land as well as the popular recoginition that it's the owner's land
 
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WildCat said:
The pervert next door rapes your wife and daughter.

Who ya' gonna call in Anarchotopia?
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Clearly that would not be anarchy. He is enforcing his will on someone else through violence.

As an anarchist, it would be absurd to say I can prevent government; my position is that I find it immoral.

I doubt you think raping someone is ok.
 
Galteeth said:
Clearly that would not be anarchy. He is enforcing his will on someone else through violence.

As an anarchist, it would be absurd to say I can prevent government; my position is that I find it immoral.

I doubt you think raping someone is ok.
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So your response to the question is that no one would ever rape anyone else in Anarchotopia?

And you wonder why people laugh at anarchists?

Galteeth said:
The violence for starters.
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Why would violence go away under anarchy? Are people going to be replaced with robots?
 
Galteeth said:
The violence for starters.
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Violence has been on a sharp decline since communism collapsed.

Do you believe that if anarchists overthrow governments, scrap the economy, abolish money, their will be less violence?
 
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WildCat said:
The pervert next door rapes your wife and daughter.

Who ya' gonna call in Anarchotopia?
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Even worse, what if that rapist happens to have a lot of wealth or property? Enough that he can bribe anyone who would try to stop him or hire a private army to defend himself.
 
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