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That's why you need a system designed to tolerate assholes. It's not an easy problem because where there are rules, there are ways to play to the rules. But I'
by bena 8y ago
That's why you need a system designed to tolerate assholes. It's not an easy problem because where there are rules, there are ways to play to the rules.
But I'm not an advocate for anarchy in any fashion. It's a situation where I can respect (some of) their desires, but don't think they've chosen the proper way to achieve those desires.
And I think it's important to clarify that I don't think anarchy is inherently evil when I'm responding to someone who is trying to say that anarchy is generally thought of as "evil". (Which to be honest I don't think it is, I think it is mostly seen as juvenile.)
- stcredzero 8y agoThe characters in Lord of the Flies were just being juvenile.
- bena 8y agoAnd fictional.
- stcredzero 8y agoAnd remarkably revealing of human nature, as great fiction often does.
- bena 8y agoTo a degree, it's a parable. But we can also say they weren't exactly anarchists. They've developed a system of government, leaders, factions, etc.