On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Andy Bradford wrote:
Thus said Erin Sharmahd on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:06:16 MDT:
I have heard the claim (and thought a lot about it) that there isn't
really much of a difference between an oppressive government and
anarchy...
I too have read articles that would suggest the same. I can't seem to
find the articles now, but if I find them I will provide them to those
interested.
That seems pretty unlikely to me. Take Iraq for a case in point--highly
oppressive government, but was nothing compared to the anarchy that came
between the time when the government fell and a new government was put
into place.
I personally don't think "true" anarchy is really possible on a large
scale. The moment you have anarchy, people will instantly begin to form
deals, alliances, police forces, and pretty soon you have at least minimal
government in everything but name.
~ Ross
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