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Originally Posted by little_tippler
Though a loss of structure would force people initially to fend for themselves and survive, the natural progression would always be for some people to become 'leader' figures for others. No one person knows everything, is capable of everything and has every skill. I like learning from others when I can and I also value the power of cooperation. In your view, anarchism seems to be a form of extreme individualism. Every man for himself. So what about family, or friends? Do you help them, or not? And if you do, is that not just another form of social structure? No man is an island and all that. The fact that we share the world with others makes it so that structure forms, though it doesn't necessarily have to have one person telling everyone else what to do.
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(This is my understanding of Anarchy, but it may be different to other people.)
What good is a leader if they have no followers? If the government can't enforce the laws, or doesn't have the money to do so, why would I want to listen to Bob down the street? The big issue is that Bob and 20 other neighbors with guns will get their way, but that isn't true anarchy
The concept of modern anarchy is that people can learn anything they need to and 'experts' aren't needed. It's also the assumption that the natural resources are plentiful and nothing has value enough to steal or take. You aren't going to work on a farm, you are going to be able to find food easily in the wild when you need it. There will be more than enough for any person and there is always something to eat.
There is a large assumption that everyone involved would be 'good', and the human population would have to have been reduced through disease or other major catastrophe in order to avoid the disagreements, gangs, and other societal issues. I can only envision this working in someplace with a population density of Alaska, but with a better climate. You have to envision a person living 'off-the-grid', with lots of food sources and clean water available. The closest thing I can think of is the way native Americans lived a few hundred years ago.