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harmonious relationship between what?
do you even know why governments were established?
To perpetuate exploitative relationships built on dominance and slavery.
ahahahahaha
funny
but no
governments were designed to defend the people from foreigners
Were they? At which level of development? For that to be true, then people couldn't defend themselves without government, which is false.
I am speaking of ancient times.
the people could not organize properly against a raider party
the people were not able to defend themselves
I have no idea what you are talking about.
you don't seem to understand
others would organize raiding partys to steal from other smaller villagers
normally food or women
What culture are you talking about?
ancient african.
Pre Mesopotamian era
Let's go with your 'raiders' example. Didn't that 'work'?
didn't what work?
the raiding partys?
I mean, if raiding didn't work, why make a response to them?
raiding did work.
thats why villages combined with eachother
and developed governments
and then armys
to defend from raiders
Hmmm, this makes sense actually.
Government is for defence.
yes
and helping the people
Anarchy is for offence.
offence of what?
Class and private property is not helpful. It is domineering.
Offence of the people.
helping the people, should be dictated by the people.
By they can't. The only thing people can dictate is themselves.
thats not my point
the people should decide what the government helps them in.
majority>minority
They can't.
People are not gods.
no
but the majority should dictate.
everyone should work to benefit the community.
not themselves.
nation>individual
Wrong. All political structures create a political class and monopoly of ideas.
not always
as long as the government is for the people
by the people
it may work.
I just told you that is impossible.
how is it impossible
take the german reich for example
it was thriving
until poor military decisions destroyed it
That's authoritarian not democratic.
In practice.
yes but it is for the community
Mind you, I think authoritarian is superior to democracy.
I agree
but
the people should elect the leader
But the people themselves do not have the ability to represent themselves on any higher level. Thus the need for enlightened authority.
the people should elect the leader out of practicality
because if not
(fucked up on edit)
violence?
Well, for me there is no leader.
But in this scenario any way is necessary.
It just so happens that democracy is the path of least resistance but not necessarily so.
but think about it.
if the people elect a leader
for a generation
and after that leaders death
the people could elect a new leader based on their issues
not the previous generations issues
According to what? After the supreme leader is in power, the whole game of how he got there changes. There is no going back. No 'backsies'.
he can't go back correct
that leader will serve the people for the rest of his life
This is why Anarchism is best. No short term ends. Just one person and their commitment against dominance.
yes
but you must remember
the people can not defend themselves
not well atleast
even now one of the main purposes of government is to defend the people
Let me burst a bubble for you. What you have in your head about 'things' making people more powerful and being able to achieve things, are just imaginary power structures. What is really being done here but the re-arranging of duties in people's lives? This sacred thing you call 'government' is just made up of people pointed in a certain direction. We shouldn't limit ourselves to being controlled by this idea, but take it and realise it was the 'people' making this happen all along.
I understand the government is made by the people
it is made to defend and assist the people
Defence of what?
of the people inhabiting the land of the government
imagine
if there was an anarchist society
so
this means
no coherent military
no military funding or construction
now
if said society gets invaded
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