Thread: Is anarchy a good idea? How could it work?

Originally Posted by Tiresias

A guerilla war is hell because we have rules as established countries. If we didn't care (i.e. there was no government to restrict what weapons we could and couldn't use) an invading country could easily poison the population of an area, nuke us, or whatever else, nullifying personal armament. The reason Iraq 3.5 was so hellacious is because we had restraint still.

They could use nukes to wipe us out in a hurry, but then they wouldn't be able to settle here if they did. A poisoned water supply would catch on in a hurry, and there are lots of water supplies. An invading army would be able to take over this land if we didn't have a government, but they would have a Hell of a backlash to deal with.

Originally Posted by Occipitalred

And I guess, at that point, violence can be dealt as in the animal world. An eye for an eye. If someone attacks you, everyone attacks them back?

If people think the attack was unjustified, they attack the attackers. The next thing you know, a war has started.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

If people think the attack was unjustified, they attack the attackers. The next thing you know, a war has started.

I regretted adding that bit about "an eye for an eye" because that's not something mentioned by the Venus Project (which is an actual ongoing project), I don't know what they would do.

But I guess, since I did write it, I have to defend it?

In a world where we are community not bound by a ruling government... Why do you think any one crime would divide everyone in half. If someone murders another person, 99% of the community will be against the act of that person. Because this world is a futuristic world where everyone already collaborates to distribute all resources equally everywhere, they can easily collaborate via high-speed internet to give some ideas of what to do. The final choice is given to those who have "kidnapped" the criminal. And if those people use the harshest way possible (murder), which I don't think sophisticated people would necessarily choose, no one would care. They might say "Hey, why did you do that?" but there would be no war. Just like when USA used the death sentence (I don't know if they still do), no country went into war with them because of their barbaric ways. It would just be a frown from those who didn't agree, not a barbaric war. Those are people from the future we're talking about .

But again, as long as there will be crime, there may be a need for a "police" organization. The reason there is no justice system in a utopia is because there is no crime, not the other way around. I think this might only be possible in small communities where everyone knows each other. Who knows....