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argomo | 3 months ago

In addition, hackers should know government is inevitable. Even in anarchy, governments spontaneously begin to form.

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buildbot|3 months ago

If I am not mistaken, the anarchist school of thought is okay with governance and even governments, but not with the concept of the state - an entity that exists to enforce governance with violence. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy,_State,_and_Utopia

I’m not 100% sure though.

edit - a (vs. the) school of thought is more accurate.

gary_0|3 months ago

I think of anarchy as a theoretical end state, where power is perfectly distributed among each individual, but that this is less of an actually achievable condition and more of a direction to head in (and away from monarchy, where power is completely centralized).

xboxnolifes|3 months ago

That may be one of them, but there isn't a singular anarchist school of thought.

int_19h|3 months ago

The thing that anarchists have a problem with is hierarchy, of which states are a manifestation. Most anarchists aren't just "okay" with some kind of government, but believe it to be necessary.

1718627440|3 months ago

An entity, that invents rules, that are not enforced by anybody is a useless waste of energy.

cholantesh|3 months ago

Nozick's libertarianism is not really an anarchist school of thought.