It is a common misconception to label Anarchy as a society without any rules or social norms. That would be Anomie. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie

It is a common misconception to label Anarchy as a society without any rules or social norms. That would be Anomie. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie) Edit: > So people come together as collectives, which represent them? Would these collectives presumably agree on some standards? And enforce them? Isn't that democracy? Yes, but in the US you have a representative democracy where you vote for some party which then makes changes or introduces new laws without asking you or anybody else. In an anarchy you would not only be asked to vote on rules, you could actively take part on the creation of new rules.