Would love to hear your thoughts if/when you read it!

This sounds like a false dichotomy, why is abolishing the state at odds with delegating things? I’m a software engineer, at my job the CTO delegates work to my manager who delegates work to me. They don’t threaten or bully me, they pay me voluntarily and in return I work voluntarily. We might be talking past each other due to differing definitions, but to me that’s anarchy. Rules without rulers, and un-coerced spontaneous self-organization.

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I was referring to delegatig 'decision taking'.

I think (some) people prefer to obey other people. They don't want to take decisions and assume the consequences.

That's where a ruler comes appealing: there's someone to blame when things turn bad.

"Anarchy is such intense! Having to assume the consequences of every decision is not worth it."

That's not my personal sentiment, but I'm afraid a lot of people would be like that.

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You still haven't explained how this is relevant to whether anarchy will succeed. Is forced integration a given with you?

You can force authoritarism, but you can't force anarchism.

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Anarcho-capitalism is about bringing force back to its proper use. We absolutely can and will force anarchism onto ourselves. That is, forcibly get everyone else to stop forcing us to do things.

And anyone who decides they want to join that paradigm, the government does not have complete ultimate power over them. The freedom to vote with your feet is still a realistic option for some. They have a choice to make.

And further, anarchists have the right to physically remove people and systems that tend toward statism, crime, or consolidation of power, and they will use it. And still again, cooperation in a free market is so superior to state regulated markets, that entire decentralized stateless regions will tend to have sustainable economic advantages against the statist world, and will drive motivated individuals to join the prosperity.

So I'm afraid your intuition is lacking in details about this stuff.

"anarchists have the right to *physically remove people* and systems that tend toward statism, crime, or consolidation of power, and they will use it."

This is authoritarism, mate. This is consolidation of power by itself.

Oh, the irony...

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If you believe that defense of property is authoritarianism, then you can just fuck off with that hug emoji.

Who's talking about property?

It's getting pretty tired to talk with you when you imagine what I'm saying to fit your discourse.

Me. Physical removal is a very specific property rights concept. I already explained that to be clear, in case you didn't realize it. You can pretend that I am being disingenuous all you want, but it's clear to anyone paying attention that I'm not.