A Basic Argument Against The State

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Issues

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[wood9670]

Honest question here, how do you prevent abuse from occurring in anarchy? How does an anarchical society (oxymoron????) defend against a State such as the USSR or the like?

Maybe I am just an ignorant socialized drone, but it would appear that something like the State is needed to defend against foreign invaders, domestic aggressors, perpetrators of fraud/ breach of contract, et cetera. Am I wrong?

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@wood9670 Here's one video on it.

/watch?v=L6CryU1qc7c

There are many more as well including websites which discuss the issues. My featured channels list is another place to start. And a point this video is old. I don't call myself an "anarchist" or support "anarchy". However I am anti-state, pro-stateless societies and voluntary governments. And case you are confused society does not equal state.

[trentmanslow]

One of Ryan Faulk's best videos.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@equallyeasilyfuqyou That will always be the case with democracy, thats why is sucks. As for humans, the position I take is that I can't and don't know the desires and wants of all other people except myself. Therefore I will not support a system (the state) that says it does know what is best for all people. Statism is not only arrogant but anti-social. It is the regimentation of behavior and association, which is totally anti-social.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

@InTheEndIWasRight sometimes i think us apes weren't meant for any type of system at all and no matter what we do people will be getting fucked over because people are simply selfish and will always look out for themselves first. i'm not saying everyone is that way, but i would be willing to bet it's the large majority.

i also agree with you in to some extent that democracy forces some people to live under rule they don't want; but i think that will always be the case.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@equallyeasilyfuqyou "Libertarian socialism" is an oxymoron. Its pretty much a headless state in that case. But if it works for you, I'm obviously not the one going to be stopping you. Democracy is slavery. It enslaves one group to the whims of another. It really is just majoritarian absolutism. I'm not being critical of you either, Im just point this out to you. My area of expertise is politics and to a little lesser extent economics.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

@InTheEndIWasRight when i was younger i was a full fledged communist (about age 14-17) but now..if i could name my "dream" society it would probably land somewhere under libertarian socialism.

but i have a lot of doubts on it actually working in practice. i believe in democracy's power to eventually suss out the bad in our society..the only thing stopping that is ignorance.

that being said, i'm not an expert on politics or economics, i spend most of my time studying religion.

[InTheEndIWasRight]

@equallyeasilyfuqyou Yes, stop the ideological belief in the current form of "governments" ie state. Basically to allow for free association and voluntary governments that are entered into by mutually consenting individuals.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

i'm not sure about all this. it makes some sense. i've always felt that no one should tell anyone what to do unless what they're doing is causing harm to someone else, isn't there some way we could take the good things about "THE STATE" and leave the bad?

[AestusL4]

I like how you said slowly and meticulously. I don't believe humanity is anywhere near mature enough to handle a stateless society. Again... I've just started looking into the idea of a stateless society.