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RE: So, you're an anarchist?

in #philosophy7 years ago

Hoarding is absolutely sensical for humans to plan to survive natural disasters. And to compete for those resources is natural. Again, however only Humans are smart enough to swear fealty to a fictional set of laws to guide through arbitration. But without force there no guarantee of compliance with those laws.

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Hoarding is absolutely sensical for humans to plan to survive natural disasters.

There is a huge difference between stocking necessities of life for self & loved ones in case of emergency, and hoarding "wealth" simply because it is the social norm. This stocking of survival goods is also natural to many other animals.

Again, however only Humans are smart enough to swear fealty to a fictional set of laws to guide through arbitration. But without force there no guarantee of compliance with those laws.

Being "smart" and "swearing fealty to fiction" are diametrically opposed, and if humans sweared fealty to this set of laws, then there would be no force necessary. You're mixing up laws (violently enforced decisions made by someone else) and agreements (voluntary, and agreed upon by all involved).

So if I disagree that I violated a voluntary agreement who decides who is correct? Or did I just start a war?

That depends on the voluntary agreement, and what was written into it in case of a violation.

So it's not conceivable that force could ever be applied to a violator of a voluntary agreement against his will? How about violent crime, how should that be dealt with when everyone is a sovereign being?

So it's not conceivable that force could ever be applied to a violator of a voluntary agreement against his will?

The only results of a violation of an agreement, would be those that all parties agreed to when they wrote/made it. Thus, they could not be against his will unless he/she had been coerced into the original agreement, thus making it null & void.

How about violent crime, how should that be dealt with when everyone is a sovereign being?

That would depend on the agreements of the community in which the violent crime happened. In the community where I would be, violence would be seen as the symptom of trauma, something to be healed, not to be punished. Unitive Justice/Restorative Justice are better for the victim, the offender, and society as a whole.

It's also important to note that in a culture where force & coercion are not the standard way of dealing with each other, these incidences will naturally become more and more rare with each generation.

PS: I would highly recommend reading "Atlas Snubbed" by Ken Krawchuck. It is a sequel/parody/refining of what Ayn Rand put forth with Atlas Shrugged, and he does a great job of laying out possible ways different situations of crime/response could play out in a voluntary society.

If the sovereign being is subject to community standards then he's not sovereign; the community is and that's exactly where we are at today.

The difference being that I am referring to voluntary community standards. People agreeing to a set of rules together, as well as ways to deal with violations of the rules.

Before you say, "that's what we have now", what exists now is anything but voluntary. Whichever corporate state claims to own the piece of land you are born on, then claims that you are subject to its rules, and that you are its citizen (property). Nobody agrees to follow any of those rules, yet they are violently punished for disobeying them.

Again please refer to my post on Jurisdiction. Humoring your statement, what happens in the Anarchist world where I don't want to adhear to the Voluntary Community Standards of non aggression and form an Army to take everyone else's stuff?

https://steemit.com/anarchy/@adconner/jurisdiction-where-does-it-come-from

That is absolutely not true, because the state, by its very existence and every deed, is commiting crimes against everyone it extorts, kidnaps, bombs, etc.

The decrease is just because more and more of the crimes being committed, are made "legal" by the state, as it obviously isn't going to punish itself.

Its legal by Standards of International Law.

I wrote this about Jurisdiction and Why we need it; if we're going to continue to claim title to our lands and homes in the Americas.

https://steemit.com/anarchy/@adconner/jurisdiction-where-does-it-come-from