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Yeah that's on of the things that get hand-wavity when you bring up these city-state type plans as well as anarcho-whatevers. They generally wouldn't be big eno
by EasyMark 2y ago
Yeah that's on of the things that get hand-wavity when you bring up these city-state type plans as well as anarcho-whatevers. They generally wouldn't be big enough to defend themselves from religious extremists or nation states acting against them--many of them not even figuring in defense against other entities and saying "we're pacifists". That kind of stuff only works when external factors like aggressive neighbors don't figure in.
- jamil7 2y agoThis is downvoted maybe due to its tone but I understand the general point here to be a valid and known issue with anarchist communities?
- Apocryphon 2y agoI mean, if you're going to make that kind of political argument you can claim that Western Europe's postwar prosperity and relatively strong welfare states are a by-product of America footing the bill for defense (plus the seed investment of the Marshall Plan).
- cholantesh 2y agoThat, and surplus value extraction from the global south, yes.
- aussieguy1234 2y agoMost models include various types of People's Militia. YPJ is the military of Rojava. Interestingly, it's a military without a hierarchy, just individual teams with some basic coordination. Yet with this they were able to beat ISIS when others had failed.