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Quote by: Cephus  Which we already know doesn't work, even in the non-anarchy
world we live in.
People, by nature, want to get ahead, they want to
be paid for their efforts and it wouldn't be long
before the freeloaders would be run out of town on
a rail. |
The "world we live in" is certainly not a perfect example of anarchism. But notice how that's a critique of the status quo, not basic anarchic principles.
I'll give a modest example of why anarchists feel the way they do. Look at the RIAA. Sales have decreased long before before MP3s. Why? Because they rip people off. They are like thieves, robbing both from the artist and the consumer. Music-lovers know this. But any perceived threat to them, such as filesharing (a relatively innocent practice), they use as license to sue people and push for "anti-piracy" legislation. If they have their way, the FBI will certainly be in on the act, which grows police state tendencies and paves the way for further regulation.
I fail to see why this is desirable in any way, except as a means for profitable industry to attain more and more power over the public, including determining how we can listen to music. This is a system of organized theft, threats and violence, intended to make us subordinate and dependent on an elite class of regulators. Even this modets example illustrates this, and indicates rather clearly why anarchism makes sense. It makes sense for high-tech society as well as low-tech. It just makes sense.
Grandpa h.