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[–]ctvzbuxr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

So, when I tell people I'm an anarchist, they always think I want to abolish government. It's funny to see their face when I tell them that the government doesn't actually exist. The only thing I want to get rid of is an illusion in people's heads. Once the belief in power crumbles, all those power structures that we think are real crumble. There is no power, only obedience.

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A government's power lies in it's monopoly on force. If you get caught ignoring its rules, it will impose escalating levels of sanctions and violence on you until you are dispossessed and/or dead.

Anarchy is a state of transition. It only lasts until the strongest guy can in the room can impose his will. It lasted in CHAZ for less than 12 hours, until Raz took over. Whenever someone says they are an anarchist it makes it crystal clear that they can't think things through very well.

[–]ctvzbuxr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If I get caught ignoring who's rules exactly? Who exactly will impose escalating levels of force upon me?
The answer is not government. The answer is politicians and policemen. These are people. People like you and me. People who don't have any more rights than you and I, because there is no magic sky ghost called goverment that makes them any different from you and me. Everyone else is not allowed to force their demands upon other people. So the people who call themelves government are criminals.
What you are doing is asking me to accept a lie because you think that this lie is somehow necessary for society to function. Unfortunately, I cannot do that, because once I accepted a certain truth, I cannot lie to myself any longer. And neither can you if you are honest with yourself.
Once you accept that government is a lie, you realize anarchy is the natural state of things. There is no going back from that realization. And once enough people wake up to this truth, things will change and we will adapt to a new reality, as humans have done every time a large superstition was revealed as such.