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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by JetSpiegel on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:54PM (#15943752)
I would argue anarchism has been tried in the past, it was simply called feudalism. Since it lead to the Dark Ages, there's not much support for it nowadays.
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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by danharaj on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:07PM (#15943799)
That is a really hot take. Anarchism developed as a response to industrialization and the transformation of society caused by the adoption of capitalist modes of production.
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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by jessaustin on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:26PM (#15944097)
Anarchy is opposition to arbitrary authority. Wasn't feudalism the opposite of that?
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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by TheCoelacanth on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:58PM (#15944218)
That's absurb. Anarchism is a system completely without land ownership (i.e. "property is theft"). Feudalism is a system based almost entirely around land ownership (named after the word feodum meaning a grant of land in exchange for service).
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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by LyndsySimon on Sunday December 17, 2017 @03:17AM (#15944785)
> Anarchism is a system completely without land ownership (i.e. "property is theft")

Not all forms of anarchism subscribe to this.

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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by gbacon on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:34PM (#15943918)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth
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