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The Necessity of Governance in Anarchy

• https://www.lewrockwell.com

McMaken has written a post that must be read more than once to be properly appreciated.  While I find one or two sticking points (which may be more definitional than anything), he paints a wonderful portrait of the intersection of anarchy, decentralization, governance, and culture.

Let me get the sticking points out of the way.  One nit I will pick, which I believe McMaken does not clarify: given today's technology, a "territorial unit" could be as small as a household (I won't go smaller).

The closer we reach a libertarian society the more possibilities for further decentralization will be developed (which is why I favor every attempt at decentralization).  We just don't know because we cannot know – we aren't central planners, after all.

With that out of the way…it is easy to label the post as being a swipe at the possibility of anarchy as a political model; this seems to me a short-sighted read.  Instead, McMaken offers nuanced considerations – nuance that is necessary if one is to consider how anarchy might be achieved and maintained in a world populated by humans.


www.universityofreason.com/a/29887/KWADzukm