This is so naive it is laughable, sorry.
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Why exactly? We’re already living in a freer world. We overcame aristocracy, monarchy, and fascism, have established special economic zones, and are already building the first private cities.
Anarchism is a relatively new concept, especially anarcho-capitalism. We are increasingly building the tools that make the state more and more obsolete. This begins with things like privatized money (cryptocurrencies) and independent news and media.
I’m sure it won’t happen within our lifetime, but we are already on the path toward anarchism, while the concept of the state weakens over time and fewer people will be dependent on government.
I assure you what we have today is not “better”, for any definition of better.
In fact if I can remember in my own lifetime I was freer before the internet than after it, this proves times before the industrial revolution were even freer, because of the lack of overarching control structures facilitated by technological means.
The problem is belief in “systems utopianism”, same as communism, no system will solve freedom. There is no utopia in this world. We keep getting blinded by ideologies that disregard reality and place themselves as objects of worship. “If only we can all get along”, “if only all things were privately owned by people of goodwill”… it’s naive in that regard, but maybe it’s better to just call it wrong, because the presuppositions are false.
No, they aren’t. Even during the Industrial Revolution, people had fewer freedoms, especially fewer positive freedoms, which are important as well.
But I really don’t know what you mean by the term utopianism. Building a small community without a government isn’t a utopia. Applying that idea globally might be but that’s exactly why I’m open to a world with different approaches. Some societies could have a government, others could live without any control. I don’t see why this shouldn’t work.
Horses and lancets make for overarching control structures just fine.
the amish know what's up
How come?
Being dismissive with zero explanation is more laughable
Ah yes you want an explanation why utopia doesn’t work? Well maybe look for the same mindset used for communism. This video paints a picture that is pure fantasy and wishful thinking with zero ground on reality. Show me which society has even the barest foundations of this and how it could be implemented. Yeah I don’t think so.
You’re being condescending and have already made up your mind. Do you honestly think coming into the comments with a “I’m the smartest person in the room” energy is gonna yield a fruitful discussion?
Yes I am being condescending because the low leves of society will always need ruling, and the error of happy go lucky anarchism is thinking everyone is just like yourself, industrious, self-driven and respectful of others. People are different, and some need the boot to function in society. Most blacks are lower than most whites in that regard, for one example. You will have to select the people that live in your anarchy state, and you will have to deal with the undesirables for your group, which will develop into your police versus their police.
I respect that you finally explained your reasoning. But you’ve been condescending because you know this opinion is too wild to be discussed seriously
The team that pulls together, can stand proudly apart.
That is what bitcoin, rules, not rulers is proving to be.
The journey of 1000 miles, begins with a single step,
or you can continuein the status quo and lick the boot of the "elites".
Would be better to be honest and list the shortcomings of the idea so people know what they are buying into. If it’s an infant idea that has not be thought through, state so.
> Would be better to be honest and list the shortcomings of the idea so people know what they are buying into. If it’s an infant idea that has not be thought through, state so.
You must be new to Bitcoin.