Re:Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)
by mhuffman on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:20PM
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... or protection for the rich only.
Which leaves the poor to have to come up with other ways to get protection, which opens the door for a local "strongman", which turns into a type of government, rinse, repeat.
Re:Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)
by haroldp on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:25PM
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Poor people pay for their policing today, but don't get much for their money.
Re:Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)
by TulliusCicero on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:28AM
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Yes, but they'd likely get even less from private policing. That the current situation is bad isn't a good reason to go and make it even worse.
I'd love to see how such a system works out in practice, but much like anarcho-communists, there's no real evidence, just theorycrafting.
The idea of private policing being effective and reasonable is subject to the same ridiculous reasoning that anarchists use. At best you'd end up with some completely fucked up cyberpunk dystopian bullshit where corporations are governments in all but name.