Absence of ruler?
Absence of government?
Absence of submission?
#anarchy
Discussion
To me, anarchy is absence of rules.
Anarchism is absence of coercion.
The former is chaos, the second is just making sure no one has ultimate power over somebody else. But hierarchy, rules, organization is very compatible with my idea of anarchism, but only iff one is free to leave.
In my view, most normal people interact in this kind of anarchist structure: if you have a shop and I am a customer, no one has ultimate power over the other. You are free to tell me not to shit on the floor, and if I dislike that, I can leave and go somewhere else. But you cannot force me to do anything, nor can I.
This completely breaks down when you introduce government and its executive force (i.e. police) into it.