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Anarchy isn't that. It's just what happens when people try to install it in a geopolitical environment that's inherently imperialistic. It would be interesting to see what kind of social structures are possible without outside interference, but I don't expect to see that in my lifetime.
"Anarchy" is a transition state, almost always to something worse. The point of instituting a democracy is to prevent that something worse. Granted, that doesn't always work, but it's better than nothing.
That's not the anarchy they're talking about. "Anarchy" here refers to the state of society sought by anarchism.
...an' I wanna pony with wings, an' I wanna pretty castle, an' I wanna be a princess, an' I wanna dress made out of pretty rainbows and sunshine, an' I wanna...
This is what educated people used to say about democracy before it became widespread.
It took a while, but it’s getting harder to say they were wrong. I still hope they were wrong though.
that's not a problem with democracy; it's a problem with capitalism...
I suspect it might actually be a problem with humanity.