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I have a theory - Concept:Anarchy is an experiment to see if people can survive without rules.
The theory is that while people may say (and even think) they want complete freedom, the legalistic nature of the mind means that constraints and structure are what people really desire. Take children for example - they may want to be free to stay up late and throw ice-cream, but there's pretty strong evidence to suggest that the children with permission to do so are severely unhappy. In the end, it is the children who are given structure and boundaries who will turn out to be happier, more productivity members of society. Children at the end of the day want boundaries.
So I'm guessing that CA will prove that people may enjoy anarchy briefly, but after a while even anarchists prefer the long-term stability of some kind of organisation, however loose it is.
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