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> Anarchists believe in no laws. This is incorrect. Anarchists believe in no rulers. Laws can be agreed between consenting parties.
by iand 9y ago
> Anarchists believe in no laws.
This is incorrect. Anarchists believe in no rulers. Laws can be agreed between consenting parties.
- arethuza 9y ago"Laws can be agreed between consenting parties." That doesn't sound like a law - that sounds like a contract.
- croon 9y agoWith no party to enforce it.
- dagw 9y agoSo basically social norms and conventions.
- likeclockwork 9y agoAll the parties who agreed to the contract are responsible for enforcing it.
- croon 9y agoAgainst non-agreeing parties? So in the end it's just an elected government?
- likeclockwork 9y agoNo more than your neighbors constitute an elected government.
- KGIII 9y agoAre those really laws? They don't sound like laws to me. Laws are enforced and don't require consent of everyone subjected to them. I'm not sure those qualify as laws, but as agreements.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoWhy does a law require a lack of consent? Consent makes it enforceable, if you don't consent than you shouldn't be in a situation where the law can be broken.
- KGIII 9y agoBecause we are humans and some of us won't consent so it must be forced. There are people who feel that rape, murder, and arson are all things they should be allowed to do. They don't consent to the laws. That's why they are in prison. It's a necessary thing, assuming you want a functional society.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoThey didn't consent to the laws, removal from society is already necessary for them. Forcing their consent doesn't make them any more likely to follow those laws.
- croon 9y agoYou mean by moving somewhere else? The point of laws in a democracy is that they're (theoretically, without corruption) consented to by a maximum amount of people. If you don't have rulers, then whatever your group of 10 people consent to as an unwritten rule will be broken by me, much to my gain.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoBy being removed from society somehow. Democracy still works, you can consent to accept certain laws the majority impose. And I don't see how a ruler changes that last point, if you don't consent to the laws those ten don't have to put up with your crap.