[ExI] Critarchy
Stathis Papaioannou
stathisp at gmail.com
Mon Apr 21 12:40:05 UTC 2008
On 20/04/2008, Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't see how you could allow courts without allowing everything
> > else that you don't like about government.
>
> ### Too little time to address this very interesting issue at length
> (I am on call and consults are piling up) but I would suggest you
> investigate "critarchy". You will find some references on the web.
The web references (most spell it with a "k") often refer to Somalia.
I must admit, it is exciting if such an impoverished, war-damaged
country can make a go of anarchism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy_in_Somalia
And from the Wikipedia article on Kritarchy:
"Under kritarchy even courts of law, police forces and other
organizations that look after the day-to-day business of maintaining
law, are denied any power, privilege or immunity that is not in
conformity with natural law.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritarchy)
That all sounds fine, but it begs the question, who decides what is
natural law and what if I don't agree with the decision?
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Stathis Papaioannou
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