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I think what #anarchism has always been missing is the ability for cost-effective and asymmetric defense of private property.

No group of sovereign individuals has ever been able to defend themselves from centralized kingdoms or nation states. So they are subjugated.

If technology can solve the asymmetric-private-property-defense-problem then anarchism will not only be possible but it will a lot of sense.

Given this hard problem being solved by tech in the future: then all rules and organization under protected areas would be voluntary and opt-in. Markets would be regulatory mechanisms. Value creation the driver of all progress. Volunteerism and cooperation would be rule of law. No taxes or coercion or money printing to syphon away human life and productivity.

With the advent of sound money (#Bitcoin ) and tech going very exponential, we may see this scenario come to fruition in our lifetimes.

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MAHDOOD 1y ago

A relative promised to give me everything he owns if we ever saw a libertarian/anarchist region come to existence. I really hope we see that while I’m still somewhat young.

BTC_P2P 1y ago

I think we will see it. It’ll be a city / state somewhere who has asymmetric defense tech. Drones + sophisticated compute that can 100% protect from any incoming projectiles and likely the ability to deliver nuclear warheads in retaliation. Or something like that. Something that hasn’t been possible previously.

MAHDOOD 1y ago

Seems like a lot of centralization is necessary to coordinate something like that 🤔

BTC_P2P 1y ago

Anarchism doesn’t mean there are no rules. It means rules are created in an organic grassroots fashion by free humans, and enforced by private means via cooperation, and that they are opt-in / opt-out in nature.

Corrientes Navalha 1y ago

Bro, you smoked crack, none of it will prevent from some crazy gangs like mad max.

Anarchism and statism is like Yin and Yang…

BTC_P2P 1y ago

Yeah gangs of people in communities who work and trade together will prevent gangs of criminal as well as private security. It’s really simple.

Perky 1y ago

back to your main point:

any technology this group can use

can be used against them

by definition

FSPQC 1y ago

Yes exactly.

The goal is to eliminate the asymmetry, not eliminate the tools.

sph 1y ago

I don't know... too many imagine how can anarchism replace our huge countries and their governments. An anarchist society is a little larger than a tribe. The question stops being how do you defend from the United States of America and rather how do you defend this anarchist neighbourhood.

BTC_P2P 1y ago

Anarchist societies could be quite large (think city-states with millions of residents or large rural counties) and private defense is a cornerstone of the anarchist structure. Private defense contractors are very effective, much more than police today.

rustyspark 1y ago

Because they can loose the contract if they abuse the citizenry or abdicate their duty?

BTC_P2P 1y ago

When you don’t do well at your job you don’t get paid and you don’t get repeat clients. Private security has been a very successful model globally for millennia.