1. I agree that anarchists probably need to grapple with the fact that people think of this as a first association... 2. ...but terminology does not at all fai

1. I agree that anarchists probably need to grapple with the fact that people think of this as a first association... 2. ...but terminology does not at all fail here, there is a separate term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie which describes a breakdown in order and social function. Notably, anarchists would probably claim that the fact that there's a civil war of various warlord factions and wannabe-states going on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80... is a good example why anomie and anarchy probably _should_ be distinct concepts, as there's probably plenty of hierarchy, localized state power and centralized decision making going on in Sudan, while e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Lib... appear to have done absolutely fine keeping and improving a social fabric for the last 30 yeras (until recently, gangs arrived and brought the anomie that comes with organized crime). Again, I don't think it's a winning strategy for political anarchists to try and convince people that "acshually it's anomie, not anarchy", but I think on this page, peoples professed self-identity makes sharing out this separation of concept worth it