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>But if you are going to argue that human beings in their natural state
are wise, benign, peaceful and nonviolent....and that they have a natural
propensity to respect the property and civil liberties of others, I would
disagree.
Humans are ALWAYS in a natural state. NOTHING exists outside of nature.
Human cultures, human individuals vary widely. ALL are natural states.
Some are preferable to others.
>I'm sure that others on the list may have attended public schools of a
similar nature.
School culture replicates the values and behaviors of the host culture on
a microcosmic scale. As a former member of a parent-teacher cooperative
alternative school, I can assure you the behavior you describe is not
universal. If anthropology teaches us anything it is that assuming that
the traits of one's own culture are universal is stupid.
>What is my point? Human beings need guidance, direction, and rules to
help them grow.
None of these things need come from the state.
>Have you ever read Lord of the Flies?
It's fiction.
Have you ever read <The Dispossessed> by Urula LeGuinn? It's also fiction.
<Collectives in the Spanish Revolution> by Gaston Leval, which describes a
society much like LeGuinn's, is not. It's an eye witness account of what
happens when people cast off the state and run their own lives according
to anarchist principles.
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