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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by mattkrause on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:19PM (#16945906)
Isn’t that basically the definition of anarchy?
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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by thatcat on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:49PM (#16945972)
Anarchy means without leaders [0]. There are many types of anarchism that have a flat hierarchic structure and could still be considered organizations.

What parent was suggesting is closer to nihilism, which is a common misunderstanding because in films anarchism is generally portrayed as nihilism[1].

  [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy#Etymology
  [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
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