no government?
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- ARTsamurai
So today in the office, somehow we got on the topic of having no government. Granted we all hate a body that controls our every action, they do however have a function that stabilizes our lives.
My argument was their would be chaos. Their would be a struggle for power, food, and territory. No such thing as utopia.
Looking for opinions to help a co-worker understand that "no-government" would be far worse than "government"
- dbloc0
it would never work.
- bigtrick0
you can't help your co-worker understand.
- harlequino0
Is your co-worker wearing a Rage Against the Machine tshirt?
- scarabin0
- yeah but there was a form of law enforcement...ie governingzenmasterfoo
- i first thought scar, good point zenmoldero
- we solve our differences in the THUNDERDOME! two men enter. one man leaves!exador1
- EightyDeuce0
You can always go to Somalia and see how well anarchy is working out for them http://www.foreignpolicy.com/sto…
- Ha beat me to it!iheartfun
- exactly the thing i said too
ARTsamurai
- brandelec0
is your co-worker a techno viking?
- identity0
Just tell them to watch "the hills have eyes"
Not that it's a direct corrolation to governmentless society, but it will scare them into believing that.
- EightyDeuce0
- haha love it!Projectile
- Is that a good thing or a bad thing?gjd
- flashbender0
society = government. If you have two people, eventually one of them has to do what the other wants, effectively a dictatorship,which is a form of government. or if they both have equal say and compromise, then it more like a federation, again a form of government. It is not possible to not have a government.
- in the broadest, most philosophical sense.flashbender
- exactly even somalia has a government of warlords or pirate captains, or soemthindeathboy
- baseline_shift0
does your co-worker have a trust fund?
Ive found that most people who talk about anarchy come from decadence. I recommend you kick down his door this sunday, smash him in the head with a shovel, tie up their wife, and take his tv. Then you can tell him anarchy rules!
- 7point340
well he is employed right?
with complete anarchy his job would likely be non-existent. no government would mean no reason to produce. stores would likely be emptied in a matter of minutes with no other means of acquiring food unless you happen to own farm land. cooking would be difficult as gas and electric companies are regulated by the gov't. energy would thereby be completely unregulated or more likely not existent at all. no heat, no lights, no phones. no waste removal. no rights for any person. people would be free to do anything to each other. your rights would extend only so far as your ability to keep others out of your hovel or away from your person. sickness would be rampant as there would be no state run hospitals or clinics.
you could literally argue this all day.
- exactly.ARTsamurai
- cats and dogs living together!harlequino
- mass hysteria!7point34
- Dublin on a saturday night.ian
- identity0
- great read.zenmasterfoo
- those are cannibals. Anarchists are vegan.monNom
- ARTsamurai0
This is a female liberalist by the way...
- 7point340
i think it's best you just smile and nod and then walk away whenever she says anything
- brandelec0
so when are you slaying this dragon then