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Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
No. There would need to be many more meetings and countless committees from groups of random people who all acclaim to hold some sort of power.
That's a description of our statist status quo :)
These kinds of alternative justice systems always seem fascinating to me. I feel like a sociological study on "alternative forms of justice" could be very fruitful.
There's an interesting discussion/description in "The Machinery of Freedom", a book about anarchocapitalism.
It's freely available online - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/The_Machinery_of_Freedom_.pdf
Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
No. There would need to be many more meetings and countless committees from groups of random people who all acclaim to hold some sort of power.
Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. There would need to be many more meetings and countless committees from groups of random people who all acclaim to hold some sort of power.
> There would need to be many more meetings and countless committees from groups of random people who all acclaim to hold some sort of power. That's a description of our statist status quo :)
Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
The irony is that real world is increasingly moving away from that, toward the "everyone for themselves, nothing matters" chaos.
Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
Closer to a gang style parallel government structure. The penalties are backed up by banishment from the group rather than violence.