Can anarchists function together?

you people are funny . you trying to organize the anarchism .
people stop it please . don't be fools .

 

Anarchists have this horrible stigma over their heads, people view them as those trying to rebel the system. Thats not the case, anarchy is peaceful, it should be anyway, anarchy is natural. The moment you are born you're put into a hierarchy, you as a child are viewed less than an adult. If everyone started viewing eachother as equals, no race difference, no rich/poor divides, no body image judgement or age discrimination, then that alone would make the world a happier place.

Governments aren't greater than 'civilians' neither are armed forces or celebrities, but they work their way up the social hierachy and seem more important than us working class.

The problem lies in the hierarchical theory, if we all just accept the fact that each of us is made the same way, each of us are just jelly with a brain then we might get somewhere. We dont have a need for government, or money for that matter. But yes, anarchists can work together, peaceful anarchists can, the ones that screw it up are just people looking for a joy ride. It will happen one day, gradually, once people realise that their are greater things in life than voting for the next twat in a suit to screw us up.

 

I think anarchy would fail for the same reason that communism does..... people are to greedy to function on their own for a long period of time.


It is in our nature to want to get ahead of others...... the tragedy of the commons.

 

Greed is only around because of money. Money = greed = poverty. We wouldn't become too greedy, its not in our human nature, we are just conditioned that way. Think of it this way, if you went out and gathered your own food for your family and had plenty yet you saw your fellow human neighbour next door dying of starvation, too weak to find food for himself, would you close your curtains and ignore it? I highly doubt it. Poverty is down to money because we all 'need' to have the best, just because the people who are starving are in a different country to you doesnt mean they don't exist. If It was right infront of you then human instinct would take over, its nature, you help your family, in this case, your human family.

If I could cure poverty then I bloody would! I don't have the means to alone but as a world, one brotherhood of man, we do. Government, countries, money, greed all stand in the way of human nature.& instinct.

 

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbux0xsTaQ&feature=share&list=ULObbux0xsTaQ"]Anarchy in the USA - YouTube

 

Anarchy is not just a theory, because unfortunately man is not mature enough to be less of a dick just for the sake of it.

 

Here are a couple links to wikipedia that have some pretty good explanations of what anarchy is about, although some of us would argue parts of it. (I am not a true anarchist, but I tend to lean towards the anarchist side of libertarianism in my thinking)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

A kind of anarchism that works can be seen in some intentional communities which use consensus governing, where everyone has to agree with what happens, although there are mechanisms used to stop people from disagreeing out of spite or ignorance.
Most people think that anarchism is about over throwing governments, violence, and libertine type living. I think this is wrong. There would be a lot of personal responsibility necessary in a totally anarchist society, but I think it would work. Those intentional communities that get close to an anarchist society do pretty good, although I doubt they would classify themselves as anarchist.

An interesting short novel that can be read on line about an anarchist society set in Mongolia can be found here:
http://anarchism.net/steppes.htm
It describes in good detail how such a society would work.
The anarchism.net website has lots of interesting info on the subject also. They used to have a great forum, but for some reason it shut down.

Whether an anarchist society would really work remains to be seen, but no one can truthfully say that democracy works either. Any government that has to use force to enforce laws will always be inimical to the people forced to live under it, and that is exactly what happens in a democracy. There is no true freedom in a democracy. I would argue with anyone who thinks it necessary to give up any freedom so that we can all be "safe" in a democracy.

 

MamaPeace you are a ray of :sunny:

you might like this:
http://thevenusproject.com/en/the-venus-project/resource-based-economy

 

Thanks :2thumbsup: that's my kinda society!