On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:11:57 -0500, wrote:

The average uneducated schmuck thinks anarchy=chaos. It doesn't, at
least in theory. Real anarchists believe that left on their own, most
individuals will do the right thing without being forced. They believe
in the basic good of people.

And we've seen how well that works in places like Somalia, Afghanistan
and our own "wild west" back in the 1800s.

On Jan 6, 10:33*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:11:57 -0500, wrote:
The average uneducated schmuck thinks anarchy=chaos. It doesn't, at
least in theory. Real anarchists believe that left on their own, most
individuals will do the right thing without being forced. They believe
in the basic good of people.

And we've seen how well that works in places like Somalia, Afghanistan
and our own "wild west" back in the 1800s.

Both Somalia and Afghanistan have some form of government, with a
president or prime minister, et al. Ergo, not true anarchies. But the
improper use of certain words by the media (and yes, uneducated
schmucks), allow peoples' perceptions of these ideologies to be
manipulated and their definitions become blurred over time. Hopefully
the digital divide will lessen in the backwaters, and allow more
people to communicate and trade with each other. Tom