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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by InitialLastName on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:39PM (#31672894)
> is there anybody on earth that endorses coercive structures?

Yes? Prisons are openly coercive, as are taxes, not to mention the use of military force to enforce economic benefit. Lots of people openly back these concepts and institutions (including the qualities that make them coercive) with justifications like, "if we didn't coerce some people, our society wouldn't be able to function".

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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by qsort on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:44PM (#31672961)
Which just furthers my point, that "coercive" is in the eye of the beholder, making your statement tautological: "we only oppose structures that we oppose". No, fyi, most people would not consider prisons, taxes or the military to be "coercive", and neither would I.
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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by cryptophreak on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:54PM (#31673101)
I'm curious what you would consider coersive if prison doesn't fit your definition.
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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by qsort on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:05PM (#31673251)
If your definition of coercive is anything that doesn't entirely align with anybody's utility function, I'm curious as to what you wouldn't consider coercive.
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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by worik on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:23PM (#31673466)
Mutual aid.

Consensus decision making.

Love.

Hacky sack

Music.

Good sex.

Really?

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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by qsort on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:33PM (#31673626)
Yes, excellent. Anything that scales?

Prisons are coercive in the same sense health and safety regulations are coercive.

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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @08:03PM (#31676075)
GPL'ed software.
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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by krapp on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @08:14PM (#31676143)
Requires coercion to enforce, like all contracts.
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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:49PM (#31686661)
Coercion to enforce, but no coercion required to succeed!
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