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Originally Posted by Iksander  You can be just as free now, as you could with Anarchy - no one is stopping you. The idea that you need something to be free, IS, fear based thinking. |
Of course you can be free any time. That said the majority of people aren't aware and most are still living in the bottom portions of consciousness where live is more bleak than beautiful.
The type of society you live in has a dramatic effect on the people that live there. Sure the highly conscious will be conscious wherever, but the others can benefit by reinforcing desirable traits such as self-reliance, self-motivation, and personal exploration. Our society stifles these qualities, whereas something closer to anarchy would help reinforce those qualities in more people. We need some organization, but we need less than we have now because we've started molding people to the system and not using the system only to enhance the people.
Jeff Vail has a free ebook
A theory of power which describes the differences between industrialization (top-down) and rhizomic (peer-to-peer) power structures.
http://www.jeffvail.net/atheoryofpower.pdf
Ivan Illich has done work which talks more specifically about the same issues. His work is very valuable at understanding the tools and structures that we use.
Tools of Conviviality is also available free online:
Tools for Conviviality