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Might is right. Even if I don’t like the result, I respect the natural order of things. The opposite is anarchy.

• notch656c 4y ago
  That's a pretty compelling argument for anarchism.
• steve76 4y ago
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• elefanten 4y ago
  Yeah, you have that perfectly backwards. "Might is right" implies the most powerful entity has 'the right' to do what it wants on the basis of the ability to assert it. That it cannot be bound or constrained by rules / laws. And all other conflicts also reduce to "which entity is more powerful". So, by the time you go down the entity list from most to least powerful, there is no room for rule of law to bind any given actor. And hence it is anarchy.
  • jeoqn 4y ago
    It seems you are saying that authoritarianism is anarchy. Which sounds absurd.
    • elefanten 4y ago
      You asserted three very distinct claims as equivalent, none of which included authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is not "might is right". The authority at the top does not extend the 'right' of might to agents in the middle of the hierarchy. They are bound by the authority's will in their behavior towards their own power-inferiors.