[ExI] anarchy

[Dave Sill]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:11 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Does a man rule his family?
>

No, but parents rule their minor children, in accordance with the law.


> What if some yahoo doesn't want to pay for anything, and so he is cut off
> from all services.  Does that mean that anyone can attack his family?  Burn
> down his house? Kidnap his kids?  What if he is a wife beater?  Are we
> going to stand for that?  What if he is insane?  I think that there is a
> time to tell people what to do and if they don't, fine them, take away
> their family, or put them in jail or an asylum.
>

All of those have to be agreed upon in advance. If you agree, you're
subject to the laws of the land.

Then there is the moral aspect:  should a person be allowed to enjoy
> services without paying?  Like a man who won't pay taxes but lives on a
> road upkept with taxes?  I just don't see anything by anybody in this
> discussion that leaves me to believe that any kind of anarchy, short of
> living by yourself in a cave, is even possible.  If I or we are using an
> incorrect definition of anarchy, them let's have one that fits some
> rational way of living.
>

Again, all of that has to be agreed upon in advance: the rules, the
penalties, how disputes are settled, etc. Think of a walled community that
has its own rules, rule makers, and enforcement, but on a larger scale.

-Dave
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