The political class grows out of gangs of people who figure out they can steal a lot more if they steal a little on a regular basis & act like it's for your own good. Unions, mafias, terrorist groups, etc. Unproductive groups/organizations that exist by threatening people who are productive.
"Pay me to protect you"
From what?
"From what I will do to you if you don't pay me to protect you"
Anarchism as an idea doesn't really solve anything IMO, anarchism will be the result of technological developments (like bitcoin, nostr, keet, darknet markets, & 3d printing or home manufacturing) that make economic freedom, freedom of speech, & the freedom to protect yourself impossible to violate in any enforceable manner. When it's easier to protect property rights than to violate them & violators are more likely to be shot than cheered, then we will be free. But I think things are likely to get uglier first. Too much of the "eat the rich" bullshit has taken hold of people.
Jeff Swann
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2024-04-03 03:20:24
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