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Re: Anarchy: burden of argument?
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by Jason Kuznicki on February 5, 2005 at 8:43 AM
by Jason Kuznicki on February 5, 2005 at 8:43 AM
"If one is already against aggression, why does a "case" need to be made that it is good to avoid having an institutionalized source of aggressoin?"
A case needs to be made because in the real world, states are overwhelmingly preponderant. This is particularly so in industrialized societies, which have never to my knowledge had a functioning anarchy.
As to the state employing force, of course it does. Certain people are always going to be more inclined to force than others, and the state is a clever device for making them fight against one another--state versus mafia, state versus gangs, state versus terrorists. Without the state, those who incline toward force would perhaps join one of these other institutions. The state is a two-way check on violence, and that's another reason why I think it's worth keeping.
A case needs to be made because in the real world, states are overwhelmingly preponderant. This is particularly so in industrialized societies, which have never to my knowledge had a functioning anarchy.
As to the state employing force, of course it does. Certain people are always going to be more inclined to force than others, and the state is a clever device for making them fight against one another--state versus mafia, state versus gangs, state versus terrorists. Without the state, those who incline toward force would perhaps join one of these other institutions. The state is a two-way check on violence, and that's another reason why I think it's worth keeping.
Re: Anarchy: burden of argument?
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by Robert L. Campbell on February 5, 2005 at 1:33 PM
by Robert L. Campbell on February 5, 2005 at 1:33 PM
Stephan,
Your line of argument assumes that defense agencies or protection agencies under free-market anarchy would not themselves be institutionalized sources of aggession. Indeed, that they >i>could</i> not be institutionalized sources of aggression.
People who don't already agree with you are most unlikely to grant that assumption.
Robert Campbell
Your line of argument assumes that defense agencies or protection agencies under free-market anarchy would not themselves be institutionalized sources of aggession. Indeed, that they >i>could</i> not be institutionalized sources of aggression.
People who don't already agree with you are most unlikely to grant that assumption.
Robert Campbell
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