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Re: Comments of an anarchist on our dicussion
Posted by: Warren (IP Logged)
Date: September 06, 2007 05:43PM

There are effective Mutual Aid models in long-term existence, but tend to have some major factors in common:
1) Limited scope of responsibility: (emergency services assist other provinces only in large emergencies, Alcoholics Anonymous only deals with alcohol addiction, etc.)
2) No financial motive for a greedy person to attempt a takeover of the organization.


Legislative power fails both tests, and Anarchism breaks down into opposing factions under these circumstances.


The situation in Oaxaca demonstrates this as the APPO members were divided among different parties and others left to seek political offices.


A second problematic anarchist model I can present is actually an online video game called Eve Online. The basic model is a large region of space that was cut off from Earth with remnants of security in the center and no government control farther away from the center (various levels in between). Everything is player controlled including resources, technology, and the economy. The developers of the game add new content, but set no rules. This is about all I know, as I haven't played the game personally.


The result of this scenario is several paranoid warring imperial factions, many of which are large federations, constantly fighting and raising resources in order to improve their military strength. The penalty for travelling through any zone where a person not been welcomed will almost certainly get them killed on sight, no questions asked. A current map (also created by one of the players) shows the current state of the Eve universe.


[www.eve-galactech.com]


Take the United States on a national level. I would predict at a minimum that the south, west, east, and midwest would form separate, hostile factions with people from these factions trying to gain control of any federal organizations.


Until humanity can unlearn their current models of government they will seek to emulate them through other models.


--Warren


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  Anarchism and Direct Democracy 5283 MiKolar 08/11/2007 10:47AM
  Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 489 BrEggum 08/11/2007 08:38PM
  Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 386 MiKolar 08/13/2007 09:31AM
  Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 432 Warren 08/14/2007 03:14AM
  Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 453 MiKolar 08/21/2007 08:41PM
  From PVR: Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 443 WebMaster 08/14/2007 10:00PM
  Re: From PVR: Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 410 BrEggum 09/20/2007 04:47PM
  From Martin Jackson, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 420 WebMaster 08/14/2007 10:02PM
  From Antonio Rossin, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 439 WebMaster 08/14/2007 10:05PM
  From Giorgio Menon, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 466 WebMaster 08/21/2007 08:55PM
  From echarp, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 420 WebMaster 08/21/2007 08:58PM
  From Mark Antell, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 425 WebMaster 08/14/2007 10:08PM
  Re: From Mark Antell, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 396 BrEggum 08/14/2007 11:58PM
  From Doug Everingham, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 403 WebMaster 08/14/2007 10:11PM
  Re: From Doug Everingham, Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 442 BrEggum 08/15/2007 04:54AM
  Re: Anarchism and Direct Democracy 427 MiKolar 08/21/2007 08:01PM
  Comments of an anarchist on our dicussion 424 MiKolar 09/04/2007 07:08PM
  Re: Comments of an anarchist on our dicussion 410 Warren 09/06/2007 05:43PM
  Re: Comments of an anarchist on our dicussion 428 BrEggum 09/20/2007 04:04PM


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