Sol Angla
Caldari
Veto.
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2009.04.18 10:07:00 -
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How can you condemn millions of people when you don't research them? If it weren't for the definition you thoughtfully provided us, I would have assumed that you did no research of your own.
Anarchy is not chaos, nor a state of disorder - it is merely the absence of a government. People don't need men with guns to tell them what is right and what is wrong.
Anarchy is a different type of order - some see an anarchist society as a group of unaffiliated neighborhood councils, while others envision it as deriving social order largely from corporations. The nasty ones see social order as pure democracy at every social and economic level.
If anarchy were just chaos, there wouldn't be any anarchists. We would've killed each other off millenia ago.
It is not hypocritical to abuse the stargates that are run by others. They don't say "I absolutely have to let this guy through, even though he's got a security status that's hotter than my coworker." They say "This is my job, this man wants to jump through, and as I want to be paid, I will let him through." This is an informal, voluntary contract. There is nothing wrong with voluntary contracts.
Contrast to the government. Governments exist in every star system controlled by an 'Empire.' These governments maintain their power through the only power that seems to matter - that of the gun. If a citizen decides, "I'm not paying my taxes because I don't believe in war," what happens? The government calls the police. If that same citizen shouts, "I'm not paying my taxes, and if you step into my home, I'll shoot you," what happens? The guns come out, and the poor citizen becomes another victim of state violence.
Corporations generally do not enforce their market tactics with military power. A corporation enforces their market tactics with the value of their products, the manner in which they deliver them, and the quality of their customer service. The only exception to this rule is the Caldari State, which is essentially a for-profit junta anyway.
Markets are not a form of governance, although they can be hampered by governance. They are a form of trade between two people - one person says, "I want ISK, and I'm selling this Redeemer," and the other says, "I have ISK, and I want that Redeemer," and bam, both people have just enhanced their lives, entirely voluntary. There's no coercion involved in the process.
Now, let's take the attitudes of the various philosophies discussed here into account. What happens when someone fails?
The religious say, "It was God's will, that I not succeed."
The patriots say, "I have failed, but my state is good and right and will correct this failing in due time."
The anarchists say, "I've failed, and I will fix that failure, myself."
To be an anarchist is to believe in the supreme power of the self. The idea that I can make a difference, and that I don't need a god or a leader directing my actions. All I need is my mind and my capsule, and I can set the Empires alight.
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