sxe_hardcore

lol, I really think that the idea is completely lost on me. I mean a 2 year old can do whatever they want? Because no one has authority over them? It makes no sense, like the way society works today, you are considered a "child" until you are 18, therefore your parents hold all responsibility and authority over you. When you turn 18 that authority is removed, it still exists, but in a respectful way. So isn't being 18 the removal of authority and therefore anarchy? Like what would keep people from making stupid decisions(but i think about it, there isn't anyone now keeping people from making stupid decisions) I am very intrigued actually, cause I don't understand it... Please, branch off of what i just said.

Actually, that's a perfect way to start off. Before a kid turns 18, his parents have authority over him, they can tell him what to do (for the most part) and punish him when (s)he doesn't listen. But when kids turn 18, that authority, in most cases, goes away.

But do all 18-year-olds automatically turn around and murder their parents? Steal from them? Rape their sister and burn the house down because they feel like it? Just because the authority and ability to punish has left the parents, that doesn't mean the kid turns around and goes apeshit. It's half propaganda and half false logic that without laws and government authorities to "watch over" a society, it'll just fall apart.... like I said, anarchist societies have existed in small pockets continuously throughout history, but most of them get smashed down by local fascist governments. However, if you want to look at the crime rate, the murder rates, the instances of hardcore drug addiction and other repeat offenses, just look to the supposedly "free" societies that are actually bogged down with laws and regulations and taboos for every level of decision making for citizens, from taxes to walking across the street. Even democratic socieites push people too much, and end up with a portion of the population that, in reaction, goes against a lot of what they're told to do. Not that that's an argument for anarchism, but it's an argument against even democracy, supposedly the best type of government so far. Go ask the Bushman tribes in Africa, or Innuit villages in Alaska, people who live, for the most part, without any sort of government or "law"... what's their crime rate? The instances of rape in their culture? Stealing? Even war with other groups? The chances that their leaders will get pissed and blow up their half of the world?

If you really want to look more into Anarchism, I can send you a reading list of the more basic, essential stuff.