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Originally Posted by 1Samuel8
Good for you. You are starting to learn something -- namely that anarchism does not solve all problems created by man.
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And in your hands, it doesn't solve
any.
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Originally Posted by 1Samuel8
Irrelevant.
Whether I can solve all of the problems of the world has no bearing on the illegitimacy of the state and state coercion.
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No, but it does have a great deal to do with assessing whether I should pay any attention to you and your criticisms.
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Originally Posted by 1Samuel8
Stop playing stupid. Married people are granted privileges by the state --- you enumerated them -- that single people are denied.
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Married people are granted privileges by the state in regards to
each other. It is difficult for single people to be granted the right to visit a loved one they don't have, to inherit from a loved one they don't have, etc. Now, if they
are in a romantic relationship with someone, then their rights could be guaranteed (at least in the context of the state) by the reintroduction of common-law marriage. Which is something I would support, as you would know had you bothered to ask me.
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Originally Posted by 1Samuel8
You, sir, are a statist.
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Considering that your vision of anarchism can be encompassed by representative democracy, I don't think you should be throwing the word "statist" around. It might come back to bite you.
For example, do you remember this claim?
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Originally Posted by 1Samuel8
How to deal with the absence of political leadership is a stupid evasion. Anarchists oppose RULERS -- in other words, people who coerce their way to leadership and maintain it by force. Anarchists do not oppose leaders who lead with the consent of their followers. That is a simple concept.
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What else would a hierarchical system of the governing and the governed be called but a
state?