Message from @April
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they aren't *forcing* you to follow
even if you just naturally do because you go with the group
take the leader and assume he has the minority of the group following him
yes
this group doesn't then force everyone else to follow
they can split up, or the larger group support takes dominance and the minority group follows along
so the leadership can change depending on what the group decides is best
with traditional structures, that minority group would simply use violence to enforce their will on the larger group
this is what happens today with the government and police/military
a small minority decide what goes, their enforcers inflict violence on those who disagree
I see
and of course the majority go along with it due to the threat of violence, which then further reinforces the minority rule
either due to "well they're in charge"
or just due to "I don't want to upset the norm"
but imagine if the majority of the US just said "fuck the police and govenrment, we're gonna live how we want"
the first thing that would happen is that there'd be a lot of violence by the government/police/military
It wouldnt work imo
such as what happens in a protest
the majority would outnumber, but have to self defend
since the majority has always gone along with those in power
and it's only the minority who struggle to free themselves
rather than enforce their will
or rather
a majority follows one minority that wants power
while another minority tries to free itself from that power
i see
it's an absolute mess tbh
anyway that's the anarchist struggle and the problems we face
all ideologies have their own struggle though
yep
such as under capitalism where you end up with growing wealth inequality, and stupidly high consumption
or how capitalism leads to inevitable large police/military and gov control
in order to enforce and regulate it all
anarcho-capitalism, while not anarchism, takes on some anarchist principles and ideas in order to avoid this overregulation and to try and give power to the individuals who earn money
I used to be ancap but realized that ownership and capitalism are what were causing the problems
i see
but yeah. I support a peaceful and free society
which is why I'm an anarchist
:)