Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
Doesn’t anarchism require no hierarchies? A court system is a hierarchy. So no. This isn’t anarchism.
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#32Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
It ceases to be anarchism the moment it becomes involuntary. Otherwise it's just another system of authority.
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#33No ability to enforce makes it moot. At most you get banned from the forum.
Mute? Or moot?
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#34Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.
Doesn’t anarchism require no hierarchies? A court system is a hierarchy. So no. This isn’t anarchism.
No, it requires no unjust or involuntary hierarchies. This is all voluntary, as far as I can tell.
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#35Every system ends up needing:
- trust
- rules
- enforcement
I'm not even surprised such a system exists, because full anarchy where no one trusts anyone is not good even in theory.
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#36No ability to enforce makes it moot. At most you get banned from the forum.
Yes a blockchain escrow with this judge as the decider of how the funds are apportioned would be better.
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#37Every system ends up needing: - trust - rules - enforcement I'm not even surprised such a system exists, because full anarchy where no one trusts anyone is not good even in theory.
> full anarchy
I know what you mean, but it's unfortunate that anarchism is sometimes a synonym for "no rules" when it doesn't mean that at all. I think this system is actually very anarchist.
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#39These 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.
Interestingly, Medieval Iceland had a polycentric legal system where you could sell the wrong done to you to someone who had more money to prosecute. 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
That sounds similar to creditors selling the right to collect debt repayments to a debt collector, or patent holders selling their patents to a patent enforcement company or patent troll (usually the same).
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#40> Over the past few weeks the FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), Interpol, and other international law enforcement agencies have worked together to incarcerate and indict ransomware threat actors. Through this effort, millions of dollars in ransom payments have been recovered. yet still, cryptocurrency gets blamed for all the ransomware. nevermind that clearly the law is able to find some course to take, or the unsolv…
How do I send $1m in cash to Russia to pay the ransom? Or $1000 for that matter?