My thoughts:
* The success or failure of Anarchy depends a lot on the calibre and culture of the people involved. Anarchy relies on a culture of personal responsibility.
* We have access to technologies and knowledge that our ancestors didn't. Just because large-scale Anarchy was unsuccessful in the past doesn't mean that it isn't possible now.
* Similarly, just because primitive tribes may have practiced Anarchy (though I'm not convinced of that) doesn't make the idea itself primitive. Was the USA being 'regressive' when it chose to be democratic like the ancient Greeks?
Aside: Temuchin (Genghis) Khan was feared by his enemies but was considered a great ruler by the Mongols, known for implementing meritocracy and religious tolerance.
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Originally Posted by silicon toad2000  I don't know much about anarchy and I still get confused over right wing and left wing politics, I forget which is which. I still ask dumb questions like which end does socialism fit on, where does communism fit. If stalin was running for office today would he be labor(democrat) or liberal(republican). |
Stalin is
way left of Labor, Liberal, Democrat or Republican. Neither Australia or the US have a major Left party these days - just 'Right' and 'not quite as far Right'.
BTW, if Stalin was running for office today, he'd probably just have the politicians running against him killed. He was a nice guy like that...