How would an anarchist society function? - No, I don't support Means TV

[NIGGO KILLA]

 

[Ghost of Wesley Willis]

There was an interaction I had with an ancom a couple years back that wanted gun control. I asked them how they would enforce a gun ban in an anarchist society and they replied "well we'd create an internal organization of trusted community members to confiscate them" and I told them "congratulations you created a police force".

 

[byuu]

If real anarchy ever hit, that slob would fast become human cattle, and he'd be roasting on a spit over a tire fire before the sun went down on Day 1 of Anarchyworld.

They're all fat and no meat. You should use him for soap instead.

 

[ES 148]

Anarchy as a concept only exists in relation to a power structure. As soon as one person decides to be the top dog, or part of a group of top dogs, you don't have an anarchy, you have an organisation.
If we somehow achieved anarchy, it would last for less than a second before people - being pack animals by nature - automatically adhere to some form of power structure.

Communism only works to any degree (i.e. not falling apart immediately) because it at least says 'the state exists as a separate entity, and it does have authority' even if the hope there is that the state is still run by the people. Anarchy leads to a state. Even a roving criminal gang a la Mad Max is still a form of society/state.

TL;DR - lmao as soon as you suck someone's dick you've destroyed anarchy

 

[An Account]

I'd support an anarchist society if it was walled off from the rest of the world, had hidden cameras everywhere livestreaming their feed for everyone to view, and if we airdropped drugs, weapons, and homeless people on a semi-regular basis.

 

[School of Fish]

The short answer: No, it can't really work in the long run.

The long answer: In practice, anarchy would just result is everything looking like something out of Mad Max where survival of the fittest would then be the pecking order by default. So at the end of the day you still need some sort of structure of authority to keep people accountable and to make sure that there is order and stability for said society. Why do you think that humanity invented civilization in the first place? I mean really, pretty much no one wants to live in a world where they can end up getting killed, robbed, or abused by someone far bigger and stronger than them and not have those types of thugs go unpunished for their actions.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

I'd support an anarchist society if it was walled off from the rest of the world, had hidden cameras everywhere livestreaming their feed for everyone to view, and if we airdropped drugs, weapons, and homeless people on a semi-regular basis.

Just take a little journey to the Lower East Side of Vancouver and you'll have your wish.

 

[Some JERK]

Hey remember that one episode of Walking Dead where Negan tells Rick "Give us half of your shit or we'll kill you..."?

It would be a lot like that, but worse.

 

[Creep3r]

where people form committees to pass laws and decisions

Wouldn't these committees just turn into a new government? What's to stop them from becoming a government? How would they be elected? Would they fight to the death? Prove themselves by showing what brilliant intellectuals they are? And what's keeping them from becoming as corrupt as any other previous government?

There would be no motive for stealing (since money would be abolished).

No. People would just steal other's belongings because there wouldn't be enough things people want to go around because there's too many fucking people. Only place communism will ever remotely seem to work is in incredibly small, isolated and primitive communities and in the Smurf Forest.

Anarchy sounds beyond fucking stupi-

Also, there would be much less cash grab sequels or mockbusters in the world.

WTF I LOVE ANARCHY!

 

[Black Waltz]

I get to kill and rob whoever I want and no one can stop me

 

[morbidly-obese-steven]

Anarchy = too easy to slip into totalitarianism, feudalism, autocracy or kratocracy or some other kind of society I rather wouldn't wanna live, pls no.

Tho all anarchist I know personally are sheltered fucks leeching off their parents or welfare that INDEED kind of explains why they see the system to make sense. If people cover my ass now, in some lord of the flies world it has to happen too, right? Like I would love to send these people to Siberia to survive with a few people from some local prison having to join the group of brave anarchists and ask their opinion of anarchy after that experience dealing with people who don't have issue to hurt you or take shit from you.

 

[V0dka]

Anarchy as a concept only exists in relation to a power structure. As soon as one person decides to be the top dog, or part of a group of top dogs, you don't have an anarchy, you have an organisation.
If we somehow achieved anarchy, it would last for less than a second before people - being pack animals by nature - automatically adhere to some form of power structure.

Communism only works to any degree (i.e. not falling apart immediately) because it at least says 'the state exists as a separate entity, and it does have authority' even if the hope there is that the state is still run by the people. Anarchy leads to a state. Even a roving criminal gang a la Mad Max is still a form of society/state.

TL;DR - lmao as soon as you suck someone's dick you've destroyed anarchy

Technically we could have anarchy, but first we'd need to make sure everyone was hopped up on ICE and speed 24/7 so they'd just lash out at anything nearby or start eating their own arms. Because as soon as they come to their senses and start co-operating they are starting to form a tribe, and then that tribe would kick everyones ass til another bigger tribe comes along and so on and so on until a form of government comes into being.

So anarchy is inherently against human biological programming, you'd need to make sure it was never ending chaos, poison the atmosphere or water with some neurological pathogen.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

The strong and clever would rule and then it'd turn into old fashioned despotism.

 

[Anonymous For This]

Only teenagers believe in anarchism, because they're stupid

I mean, Stefan Molyneux is over fifty, but he does have the mental prowess of a twelve year old. He runs circles around the autists he allows on his show.

 

[CivilianOfTheFandomWars]

Every play a Fallout game? Kind of like that.

 

[Damn Near]

I mean, Stefan Molyneux is over fifty, but he does have the mental prowess of a twelve year old. He runs circles around the autists he allows on his show.

If you believe in anarchism, a more competent person is supporting you, since you're stupid

 

[Son of Odin]

Anarcho-Primitivism is the best form of anarchism.
BRB smashing my computer with a rock and then lobotomizing myself so I can no longer use language other than caveman grunts.

 

[Fork Cartel]

Lmao at all the people saying it’d be rule of the strongest as if it isn’t already how we live

 

[Crichax]

Wouldn't these committees just turn into a new government? What's to stop them from becoming a government? How would they be elected? Would they fight to the death? Prove themselves by showing what brilliant intellectuals they are? And what's keeping them from becoming as corrupt as any other previous government?

No. People would just steal other's belongings because there wouldn't be enough things people want to go around because there's too many fucking people. Only place communism will ever remotely seem to work is in incredibly small, isolated and primitive communities and in the Smurf Forest.

Anarchy sounds beyond fucking stupi-

WTF I LOVE ANARCHY!
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/lib...re-collective-the-anarchist-response-to-crime

I disagree with much of what the Anarchist Library says (saying that "Anarchists do not believe in a death penalty" with no evidence to back it up, and abolishing prisons), but their propositions for enforcing law are interesting. Tribunals (i.e. community chosen committees) would function as judge and jury, and the community would decide (most likely vote) on how people are punished. This isn't true anarchy (which would be foolish to pursue for obvious reasons), but this kind of government would be interesting to see in action as a social experiment.

However, I believe that anarchy would fail for the simple reason that the mining industry would grind to a halt simply because without money, there is no incentive for anyone to mine. And with no resources obtained from mining, the tech and transport industries would eventually dry up, leaving people with only older cars, computers, and other devices. They would all break down someday, leaving the world in chaos.

And with no mining resources, we won't be able to go to space, which means that humanity would eventually be blown up by the sun once it dies.

Anarchy is an interesting thought experiment and alternative to the state and capitalistic systems I've gotten tired of, but if it is executed, it will most likely (99.999% chance) lead to humanity's eventual death.

Reading everyone's responses has been very informative, and allowed me to come to my own conclusion. Thank you.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Governments will form eventually and spread by force, and we'll have come full circle.

As long as someone has an idea that doesn't sound shit or has the charisma to back it up there will always be a form of government because there is security in numbers and people get warm and fuzzy with likeminded company.

Totally agree. Take away the government and we’d form tribes around powerful and charismatic individuals.