Anarchy

[MagnetMan]

Anarchy (from Greek: αναρχία anarchía, "without ruler") may refer to any of the following:

"Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder."[1]
"A theoretical social state in which there is no governing person or body of persons, but each individual has absolute liberty (without the implication of disorder)."[2]
"Absence or non-recognition of authority and order in any given sphere."[3]
Without government or law
A state, free from coercive authority of any kind, is the goal of proponents of the political philosophy of anarchism (anarchists). Anarchy is distinct from omniarchy, a chaotic situation in which all rule over all, in the sense that anyone can commit aggression against any other person.

I have a friend who claims to be an anarchist. He says that anarchy has been given a bad name for no good reason. I promised to look into the subject and gain a better understanding of where he is coming from.
For starters, looking at the above definitions in Wikipedia - From my initial perspective, a "good" anarchist is an oxymoron. By those definitions any anarchist has to be anti-social and can only exist in isolation. Other than that we are all inter-dependent and are subjected to government, at the very least, by natural laws of non-trespass.

So, as far as I can see, his idea of being an anarchist is, at best, a romantic fallacy. At worst, a cop-out for being selfish.

Any other anarchists around to further enlighten me?

[fay]

lol. i dont know what kind i am.

[fay]

"Anarchy is the condition where individuals live in harmony with the natural order by personal choice rather than because of external control." this quote is from the unified theory of existence(UTE). love the way it explains complicated stuff so simply. you see, free will is all about internal control (you are in control of your self, you make your own choices). external control will not allow for free will to be expressed like it should. so a true anarchy would mean that individuals conduct their behaviors and affairs from their own free will.

what i know is that we dont need any one or thing to govern us if we can govern our own behavior out of our own free will. when that happens then we dont need a government. we dont need politicians. we just need volunteers who would help their communities to reach certain goals. these volunteers would not glue themselves to the chairs in the offices provided for them, like most politicians do now.

the oxymoron: that would mean that every anarchist has to improve himself in accordance with the natural law/order so that he can be useful to his fellow men. and only when he is useful to his fellow men will he be in accord with the natural order. it is kind of a cycle. you know ,like, individuality will not come unless you help the society around you.

anarchy=selfish...? i dont think so.
i know a true anarchist would have one thing written on his heart.and that is " maximum freedom and hurt not others". in other words the price of maximum freedom is that you cant hurt others in any way. there is a price for every thing remember. there is no such thing as "license to do what i want". now that would be selfish, just wanting a license to do what ever you wanted to with no consequences to care about.

romantic fallacy : no, not that either.
once our consciousness has reached a level where we are in accord with the natural order then there will be anarchy (by that i mean no one will rule another). there will be no need for any rulers. our bloody present is due to some idiot rulers. perhaps if it were left to the people there would be no wars.

[Kwan Yu]

Anarchy wrong word.
Better word - Adult.

[fay]

ya, i would agree

[fay]

www.insaf.pk/Media/Videos/tabid/62/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1242/Default.aspx

the video is a war story, about a war imposed on anarchists communities.there are some lessons on the benifits of these anarchist communities. i know these people to be the most free off all the people surrounding them for thousands of miles.