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In an organized society a psychopath can kill a few in a murder spree. In an unorganized society the psychopath can gather and organize a lot of thugs to loot a
by username90 6y ago
In an organized society a psychopath can kill a few in a murder spree. In an unorganized society the psychopath can gather and organize a lot of thugs to loot and burn millions of homes. Has happened many times in history. I know which one I prefer.
The gun argument actually works here, if you ban good guys from organizing then all organizations will be bad ones. And an organized group of people always wins against unorganized groups.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoCalling the societies being discussed "unorganized" isn't a fair view of the topic, and the rest of your post rather depends on that point of view.
- username90 6y agoSo how would your anarchist utopia deal with an army of thousands raiding your village? > the rest of your post rather depends on that point of view. The need to feel safe from raiders is fairly universal.
- boomboomsubban 6y ago"Thousands of raiders" don't magically appear, you prevent them by preventing the conditions necessary for thousands of people to unite with the goal of hurting others.
- username90 6y agoHow would you prevent that without a power structure?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoHow does a power structure prevent it? Raiders are a result of people unable to live off their of own labor, generally as a result of the exploitation of others.
- sneak 6y ago> In an organized society a psychopath can kill a few in a murder spree. In an unorganized society the psychopath can gather and organize a lot of thugs to loot and burn millions of homes. Has happened many times in history. I know which one I prefer. I think this should be re-examined through the view of the ~1 million Iraqis recently murdered by one such “organized society”. I don’t think the (violence-based) organization has the set of benefits you think it does.
- username90 6y agoWhen the good guys practices anarchy then the bad guys are free to create huge violent organizations. Our modern societies aren't perfect but violence is lower today than ever before.