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Good point. Though when people think of a state, they tend to expect clear geographical boundaries. I guess when we're advocating for anarchy, we're advocating
by jongjong 3y ago
Good point. Though when people think of a state, they tend to expect clear geographical boundaries. I guess when we're advocating for anarchy, we're advocating for multiple voluntary, competing, potentially geographically overlapping states.
I guess with this terminology, it sounds a lot more appealing than 'gangs' so I'm fully in favor.
- zozbot234 3y agoThe problem with geographically overlapping states is that they will always be incented to be violent towards each other, to some extent. At least, that's what we see in practice in gang dynamics. You can have overlapping organizations, perhaps politically connoted in some sense, whithin the context of some minimal "night watchman" state that regulates the use of violence and provides shared security against outside threats - and to some extent, our modern societies look a bit like that.
- natmaka 3y agoIn such a context isn't the word 'tribe' more adequate than 'gang'?