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>How do you enforce rules without hierarchy

I find it interesting that people think rules can only be enforced by a position of power above the offender, rather than a consensus of their peers and equals.




Historical anarchists enforced their rules through a state apparatus that organized mob lynchings and targeted killings. The CNT-FAI and Ukrainian Free State both had secret police organizations, and the former was no stranger to political terror.


Indeed, all successful (even temporarily) anarchist groups grow a state apparatus.

Which is inherently fine, states are a tool of class warfare. The capitalist ruling class uses state power for its own ends, a successful worker ruling class needs to do the same.

I just wish the anarchists were honest about it.


If anarchists read state and rev + on authority they'd understand. But afaik they just like to avoid reading at all.


Ime Anarchist ideology can be summed up as:

Fuck You Everything is Mine

They use a lot of words and games to deflect from it but in the end that's it in a single short sentence.


Walk me through it. Let's say a dead body was found with a gun shot wound.

What happens? Tell me a detailed compelling story of a consensus of peers and equals investigating and resolving the murder.


Alabama used to love that method of justice. It was not a very good idea


By this metric, stoning is anarchist in nature.


In the end there is still jus the singular Jailer or Executioner, right?




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