Anarchy means "without rule", so it describes a society where you were banned from 169
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If you read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein that may give you an idea.
Otherwise, I attended Porcfest, the libertarian Porcupine Freedom Festival, back in 2016. Although it’s labeled libertarian, most folks I talked to discussed anarchy. One of the presentations I remember asserted that 8 is the optimal number of individuals in a decision making group. In his ideal anarchy individual people would assemble in groups of 8, who would then gather their groups or reps from their groups into a higher group of 8, and so on. Effectively higher level group decisions, if needed, would be made by a council that could be traced back to any individual.
I don’t know that that’s a good plan, but it may get your mind going on how to think about the topic.
Why 8. That is rife for deadlocks
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We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs.
Open source, direct internet democracy.
Let anyone vote on anything basically.
My hope is voters tend to vote on matters relevant to them providing initative to get/beeing informed on the matter they vote on.
I see representative systems as root of corruption so my solution calls for a system with direct decisions without political representatives.
So, passengers in an airliner decide on managing the airliner, because they outvote the pilots!
Democracy!!
Democracy's still a kind of "boss", a kind of "archy".
I hold that, exactly as vertebrates all show, you have to have a brain, & you have to have COMPETENCE & RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY based brain.
Pilots, not majority-on-the-aircraft, fly the aircraft.
Those who reject how immune-systems work, including immunization/vaccination ( done right ), ought be prevented from voting on immunization programmes.
Those who aren't living with the ability to get naturally pregnant, don't have any business voting on women-specific health issues, including abortion.
Etc.
Not accountable in that domain? no vote.
Not responsible in that domain? no vote.
Not competent in that specific domain? no vote.
Period.
This makes me intolerable among many ideologues/ideologies.
Which is good.
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No. It means the airline is a cooperative business.
Anarchy means the laws are made by everyone not by a small group of people. And nobody can have more power than the rest. It's, to simplify it, the end of "because I say so".
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