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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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