A Question on Anarchism

[Mute]

I'm not exactly new to it all, but I have a question about anarchism. It's the only thing i question about anarchism, so if someone could answer it it'd be a great help.

With centrallised government out the window, what is there to stop feudalism, or something similar, from starting all over again? If any pacifist anarchists could give me their answer it would be great to.

[Casanova]

My answer to your question is the key to anarchy, but I can't tell you what that is, but trust me fedulism won't ever start again.

[LSD]

My answer to your question is the key to anarchy, but I can't tell you what that is, but trust me fedulism won't ever start again.

Well, here goes...

Feudalism, by nature, nesescitates force to maintain it. Force required man-power.

Once a truly anarchic or anarcho-socialist system is established, it would virtually impossible to garner the man-power required.

To understand why, you have to understand what it is that makes feudalism tick.

Now, when we say feudalism, what we effectively mean is either the Middle-Age European Oath-based system, or the Shang/Western-Zhou Chinese kin-based system.

In an anarchic environment, the European system could not develop as a true egalitarian society means that no individual will be able to effectively gain strong support. Without a professional army, fighting will be done under dire and critical circumstances alone. Therefore, only when absolutely nescessary will one risk ones life. Getting amateur soldiers to do so, when, of course, they will already be more than taken care for by the collective, for the sake of an "oath", or its post-modern equivalent, would be nearly impossible.

Simply put, the structures could never be established.


As for the Zhou model, familial structures are simply not as important as they used to be. Furthermore, without an established aristocracy, no "family" or "kin" will be able to set up the strangle-hold on power that would be needed to grab power.


"There you go, now you got it."