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RE: What Are The Advantages of Anarchy (Serious Answers Only Please)?
Of course you get full freedom only when no one is telling what to do and what not to. But Anarchists in general still follow the rules that are made by the government. Their group is too small to make a change, I guess ?!
But like The Matrix, Zion is always there ... true freedom on the fringes :)
Oh man.. Zion :-)
Zion + Steemit = Zeemit?? :)
Freedom is like a Piano
don't play on the black keys,
don't play on the white keys...
if you do the big boy will squish you like a bug.
play in the cracks between them
they can't get to you that way.
I do like that analogy very much Everitt :) Into the piano cracks we go my friend ....
If they didn't they'd be imprisoned or killed. Ideology doesn't trump reality. So I view most pushes for anarchy more as a long term(perhaps multiple generations to reach) goal. I don't believe humans as a whole are ready for the responsibilities and self reliance that anarchy would require. Not yet. Though perhaps some day.
So anarchists live in a world today where they don't have the option to ignore the rules and still survive.
Yes that's what I also think.
Every group, country or civilisation had a or more leaders. That's in our nature because someone needs to tell us what to do if there is nothing to work on. And if someone overtakes the part as a leader, he has to set up some kind of rules and then there would be no Anarchy again, what you think?!
The problem is no one is an expert of everything. I do not believe we need rulers. We need to be able to voluntarily decide when and when not to follow a "leader". If I am designing a house then for awhile I may choose to defer to the special knowledge of architects, carpenters, engineers, electricians, plumbers, etc. If I am designing a web site I may defer to skilled web developers, network engineers, etc.
There never should be one ultimate ruler who can dictate rules to other people. There are no omnipotent people that are experts in everything. If someone thinks they fit that description then they'd likely be a pretty shitty leader and certainly would be a bad idea for a ruler.
I don't believe rulers are ultimately needed. Yet society and people have a lot of thinking and changing before that'd be viable. They need to be willing to admit their mistakes, learn, try new things, and take responsibility for the actions/results of their own choices.