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Another way of looking at anarchism(or at least how I like to look at it) is to consider that even though humans form structures and hierarchies all the time(e.g.: we make a group and I take the first in line position and the rest follows), this structure/hierarchy/authority can and should be allowed to be questioned, changed, etc(e.g.: You know that I'm going the wrong way and intercede, pointing out, maybe taking the position, etc). This "impermanent" nature is very important because then when you consider the effects of hierarchization, 'solidification', etc, their consequences look a lot like a lot of the problems we see everywhere. I.e.: I decide I'll kill whomever tries to take my position as if it was always mine by birthright or some shit and not a `socially built and agreed upon` one, and if you think of it, looking back, any human structure needs a social agreement otherwise there's gonna be a fight or break-up because humans are social creatures, BY NATURE. Plus, coercion isn't just when I threaten everyone that disagrees with me, if I make up a story/ideology/religion that says everyone must obey me, that's just another form of coercion too.

In this sense, Linux is anarchic because people follow the cool guy doing work upfront for us but at the same time since he's "opened it up" there's a statement that it's not his, and there's also mechanisms through which he's unable to take it away or that others could take his position if he does a bad job, like, shouldn't whats socially created also be socially owned? In Linux case I think it works because the answer was 'yes' from the get go. In this sense, there's just no contradiction at all between anarchism and the situation described, one of the conclusions you could get to is that humans are and have always been anarchists. From this we can also derive "anti-state" because one could argue that most humans didn't even wanted to form or become subject to states, that a lot of what went on there was coercion. The principle wasn't applied and challenging it should be no big deal.

Anarchism is definitely not disorganised, quite the opposite.