But if you looked at how you’ve structured this post it implies as if we’re fighting the "government."

In this Us vs Them scenario, which is somewhat true, it only escalates conflicts further towards division, it’s a somewhat anarchist take, ultimately the government is us in a sense, if the world was consumed by bad incentive structures, bad power dynamics and unexamined ideologies, what would that government look like? Probably a direct reflection of the people who are in charge today, if we have a solid foundation of hierarchical values things might look a bit different, but I’m personally unsure if a society can properly function without some form of centralised control function or hierarchy, because as humans we unwittingly do it anyway through our evolution.

Freedom can come into conflict with morality, not everyone is a good person, so the natural consequence of this is usually a form of centralised power. It’s full circle. Great post, just reflecting on the complexity of it, it’s hard to find a remedy really.

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In the moment you accept one bit of gov you are beginning your downfall. It's only a matter until the gov sucks everything from you and you'll have little to none scape, living in absolute slavery.

Ohhhh noooo!!!!

>" I’m personally unsure if a society can properly function without some form of centralised control function or hierarchy,"

Seems that you suffer from cognitive dissonance

I’m personally unsure because that’s my subjective experience upon reality, I’m happy enough to live in a world without government… I have no interest to inflict authority, malevolence, harm and evil onto the world.

But unfortunately brother the world isn’t sunshine and rainbows… wake up and smell the coffee.

Ok given the current state of affairs, locally and globally. What wins do you have, and what freedoms or absolute property rights have you gained in the past three decades?

We're burning to death, and your sitting here saying, "This is fine" in a burning room.

Change your Avatar to a frog in a pot.

I’m not saying it’s fine, I’m searching for a solution rationally.

Have a good day brotha 🤙

You too mate. We did rack one absolute + unconfiscatable property win in the previous decades BTW. Bitcoin 😉

We now have a weapon ⚔️

We are not the government https://cdn.mises.org/Anatomy+of+the+State_3.pdf

this is a short explanation of why that is

Just read this conversation because I’ve yet to get a solid answer:

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Read the Book I posted by Rothbard. It is less than 30 mins reading time.

At the end of the day people respond to incentives. Fear is used by the State to control you.

Fear is also used by people.

Not as effectively and not on the same order of magnitude.

I recommended some reading material for you. You aren’t going to answer these questions with some short form comment

I’m just a bit exhausted from it, because I haven’t got a definitive answer and solution to the problem of anarchism.

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