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Bart Bounds's avatar

Excellent. There are many I would love to share this with but know they would not read it.

Sotiris Rex's avatar

Thank you. I know what you mean. Those who need to read it the most won’t.

Rat's avatar

I see your point. However, they will appropriate and defile any word you choose, just as they've done with 'anarchy', 'liberal' and countless others.

Perhaps we are better off not getting too invested with any particular word altogether.

That said, I like the slogan "10,000 Liechtensteins".

Joel Walbert's avatar

Alright, you convinced me. I'm done being thick-headed. Gonna be a hard habit to break, but I can done be done with the term. I really hate labels of any type anyway.

Sotiris Rex's avatar

Thank you man. Respect! Such a rare thing for people to change their minds, even on the smallest thing like this.

Still though, the biggest mind-change for me wasn’t the huge leap from statist to voluntaryist; it was admitting that pineapple pizza was actually pretty good. Sorry, I’m one of those people. If you block me I understand…

Edd's avatar

Anarchy is a boogieman created by the government,

Sotiris Rex's avatar

You are right. If logic and sanity worked, we wouldn’t be here. But I keep writing to appease the simulation. This data generation is not for the NPCs.

Lisa Thomas's avatar

Right on.

Drew M. Truscott's avatar

Outstanding distillation. I actually think about this very thing often. Haven't had anyone ask me what my politics are lately to tell them I have an aversion to authority I didn't agree to live under.

But also if someone told me they were an anarchist years ago I would have assumed they were a punk rock ne'er do well. Now I'd proudly call myself whatever implies self governance.

Understanding that we don't need a Senate, president, or gestapo to have a functioning society is not something most people can grasp.

Thank you for taking the time to write this article, Sir.

Sotiris Rex's avatar

Thank you. Unfortunately, those who need to get it won’t