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another world is possible (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/mop@quokk.au

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[–] NaibofTabr 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believe what you are referring to there is a state. States enforce laws at a large scale. All anarchists oppose the existence of states.

I think you're attempting to derail my point by implying that the existence of the state is necessarily unethical. I don't buy that. Some actions that are necessary for public good (e.g. operating a hospital) require collective organization and public funding, which would be a government in fact regardless of how you might try to relabel it.

My point is that preventing violence in totum, not only at the international level but also the interpersonal level, would require enforcement such that no person could act without prior approval from the enforcer (everyone would have to be watched all the time). This is different from normal law enforcement.

It is everyone's responsibility to oppose hierarchical authority wherever it appears.

This line of thinking is pointless. If something is everyone's responsibility in theory then it is no one's responsibility in practice.