> In order for that to work you would need nearly 99% of the population or more to agree to that punishment and to actively participate. Which is a lot more tha

> In order for that to work you would need nearly 99% of the population or more to agree to that punishment and to actively participate. Which is a lot more than required in a democracy or pretty much any system. But it has happened in the past. Never underestimate the power of groupthink to do horrible things to minorities. > Somalia is a collapsed society, not really a good example of anything. No better place, then. Nothing for the anarchist utopia to compete with. > Libertarianism is counter-intuitive for most people No, it isn't. Not from what I've seen both online and off. > People would defend their own property or pay into some private legal system that promised to do so. We've tried this and it didn't work.