Anarchism 101: Lesson #11 - Crime

Anarchism 101 - Three Minutes at a Time. In Lesson #11 we take a look at the reasons why there might be less crime in an anarchist society, and we discuss the principles involved in dealing with that crime.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• anarchy
• anarchism
• anarchist
• anarcho-syndicalist
• syndicalist
• radical
• socialist
• crime
• psychology
• sexual
• repression

[ericvonh]

I would commit sadistic acts to innocent people if there were no hi tech justice system, personally. It would be very easy to get away with murder.

[DannyOKC]

Then you aren't an anarchist and wouldn't belong to such a society in the first place.

Plus, you're obviously just a worthless piece of shit.

[prjctcivilian]

i understand what he is saying but what do with someone like that

[DannyOKC]

Beats me. Sometimes I try to talk sense into them. If that fails, and it usually does, I drop them. I have plenty of other things to do then to teach logic and sociology and history and anthropology to a bunch of stubborn, ignorant assholes.

[gemmamonkpunkbaker]

I love all the videos you have made and totally agree with you on all of it. I think that a fair, equal society can happen when the capitalist, controlling, hierarchical society has been destroyed. There will then be no need for people to feel the need to protect their houses etc because the land will be everybody's and in a sense we will all be free. Nobody therefore will feel threatened and every citizen on earth will have the enjoyment and needs of life they deserve. No rich Vs poor !!!!!

[redundantstudios]

@tph2010 Whatever defined by the communities in question, and in fact the communities harmed are the ones that get invloved. The communities should work with each other, in the absence of written law.

[tph2010]

@redundantstudios So at what point does the jurisdiction of one community end and another begin?

[redundantstudios]

@tph2010 It's a collective. In my mind, it's a bunch of small communities forming a sort mega community, a federation if you will with little to no governmental power.

If you committed a crime, you expelled from the community.

When it comes to justice, the only way to enforce is to use force. So, to expel someone from the community. without force is damn near impossible. So, you use as little force as possible, while acting for the community.

[tph2010]

I agree with Anarchism, but until I start hearing specific ideas about how to handle certain things, IDK if i can fully commit to it. Anarchists are against force, but sometimes force is the only way to oppose force. When you say things like "the community" will decide how to handle a criminal, what exactly is a community in an anarchist world? How big is it? Is the entire world the community? If so, how can you expel someone from it? And how can you expel them without force?

[timeoutforart]

There's a movie where a bunch of people live in a non technical "village" that is located on a very large piece of land owned by someone...I think the movie is called the "Village"? not sure....so they are isolated and think they are in the 18th century or whatever....why couldn't the same be done with an Anarchist society? Perhaps like a "reservation" or some sort of island? Some way to insulate the people living in it from the tyrannical governments of the world?

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

If someone had just raped one of my friends, I don't think "hey, let's get you some education" would make me or her (or, possibly, his) friends/family too happy. I'm an anarchist too, so don't think I'm here to bitch and moan, but I think there's a point where "freedom" becomes a bit ridiculous. What about the person who was raped? What happened to their freedom while it was happening?

[fyarflur]

Thank you for these videos! I've been reading the FAQ on infoshop but it is very detailed. For someone completely new to these ideas, it's nice see them summarized

[connerjd]

Have their basic needs met. People are greedy. We all are to a certain degree. There is no way that you can prevent that completely.

[socrates183]

We won't need prisons because everyone will be good because the society will be perfect.

Wow.

Do you even know people at all. You can give a person everything they could possibly desire, but they would still be subject to aspects such as crimes of passion, and there will alway be an element of people whom prey on others. It is unfortunate, but you cannot not assume that it will go away if we were all happier.

This makes anarchism look like an ideal rather than an actual feasible option.

[RockTheBellCurve]

@sitakaliism Everything, including food but most importantly space. Infinite wants and limited resources is all I mean by scarcity. How does an anarchist culture emerge out of that mentality and if one does emerge by suppressing certain wants isn't it about as equally oppressive to the individual as the status quo?