anarchy thread! (technically not political)

I don’t believe any modern-day country has tried to implement the concept of anarchy, but please fact check me.

Anyways, I think having a government in principle is a good thing. I don’t believe that anyone is born with evil intent, but oftentimes people can be swayed by temptation and desire. A government helps keep everyone in check by imposing a system of rules and guidelines to ideally ensure prosperity for each one of its citizens. Now, every government has its flaws (with some much more severe than others), but I would argue that it’s superior to people having free reign.

As for the taxes, ideally taxes are used to improve a government’s society, whether it be the military to government institutions to public parks and everything in between. Yes, they too are not perfect, but I would argue that they are generally an overall good. Also higher taxes are not necessarily bad. Take a look at the Nordic countries as an example, they have some of the highest taxes in the world, but in return they have some of the best education and welfare services in the world, among others. They also have very high happiness ratings, with I believe Switzerland being the happiest country in the world.

I agree with you on this part, I believe that allowing people to own firearms basically freely is one of the failures of the US government.

I speak for the US specifically, and yes, I agree there are major issues. Inequality in our justice system is at an all time high with people of color and Hispanic descent face on average harsher sentences for the same crime compared to a white person. Our justice system also favors wealthy people over less wealthy people. Men are preferred over women. There are far more issues, I just picked inequality because it’s the largest issue.

That being said, I believe that having no government at all would not fix the issue. I believe instead we should work on passing legislation to better combat the striking inequality in our justice system system. Abolishing the government would do no good.

In a democratic system like the US we elect the people who decide where our tax money goes to, so we do sort of have a say. We pay tax money to things we don’t need or want because tax money is for the collective good, so your tax money can go towards things that help other people even if it doesn’t help yourself. It’s not perfect, but in an anarchy society taxes would likely never happen and thus there would be no money to fund what is good for the public.

I respect yours as well, and I totally understand your view. Governments around the world have been screwing people over for thousands of years. I just don’t think abolishing the government would fix these issues without creating issues of higher severity.

Well, we are a democratic republic where we elect politicians to make decisions for us. The two party system isn’t great and it brews polarity and stifles the in-between. Washington advised against them in his closing address for those reasons. I don’t support nuclear weapons either, but we elected people who do so there isn’t much we can do. I know it sucks sometimes but no system can please everybody. There are many people who do support nuclear weapons and love everything that’s going on. Even if we think they are dumb they still should have their voice.

Wow right! totally not political at all, just casually talking about governments, elections, party systems, nuclear policies, public opinions, and who gets to have a say, should I add more? Definitely just a fun chat about the weather, no politics here

#5 until the trust-based system collapses then it's pure chaos

Technically this isn't political, it's the absence of politics 😭