Anarchy vs. democracy

here's a good one.

is anarchy good in theory?

with the recent debates, i wonder on the path of our nation and where it will be in 20 years. in my humble opinion, capitalism is seriously going to destroy the earth, very soon going at this pace...

here's a great post to read on this subject, well over 16 pages of ideas and theory. the guy is not that stereotypical anarchist i seemed to have programmed in my brain from school and society.

http://www.guerrillanews.com/forum/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=conspiracy&Number=317156&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=

the guy has great points. i like this for of non-government simply because it sems to me this is the way humans were intended to inhabit earth. not this materialistic bs with greed for money and lust for power. polluting and destroying, and in lack of better words: being a virus. poverty wouldn't be an issue, people could be happy if only we could set aside petty differences and work for a common goal: for the greater good of mankind. not this ego trip on who has more power, money, land, better beliefs on religion, etc. i'm seriously suprised God hasn't unleashed his/her wrath on us for being the way we are today... and even so, i'm still expecting it any day now.

to me, government says they're for greater good, but we're trying to explore space already when we havn't even scratched the surface of our own planet. they throw their own people in prison without remorse for the smallest of non-violent crimes not to mention invading our rights as an american, tax us out the ass for something i won't even qualify for in 40 years because it'll be broke (social security), and even the people who fight for this land we all share (it's not even a country...) get thrown in prison for having opinions (the 20 year military officer who might be thrown in prison for a long while due to writing a letter speaking his mind on why the war is a failure - link below for letter he wrote and story on it). i could go on and on...

letter: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/lorentz1.html
story: http://www.guerrillanews.com/war_on_terrorism/doc5358.html

government tries to play "mommy" telling people what they can and can not do, and once those temptations are laid out infront of them on a silver platter, people tend to take them. even goes as far as telling OTHER countries how to run their sh*t.

democracy = hypocracy, greed, and lust boiled down. do you really think this is the best way for people to live? having the media manipulate the masses? our lives being controlled by fear? rich get richer, poor get poorer? and most of the rich are miserable, ugly beyond contemplation (karma for their actions) and fake (plastic boobs, noses, brows, faces... we're slowly becomming cyborgs). it's almost like being a "modern day slave" to society. hardest work for crappiest pay while CEOs and large time business mooch 99% of the profits we work for. do something they don't like and you no longer have that equal opportunity to make money. i'd rather have goals relative to something other than money - such as building communities with individuality. all for one and one for all.

with anarchy though, some sacrifices to the way we've been growing up will have to be made, and i accept this. materialism for one, would be no problem to me. i don't believe i have to have high class cars, tables, houses to define me as a person. the only thing that does is define how much money i make.

i don't believe in attacking the government, i take the ghandi approach by trying to gain a person's understanding rather than fight.

"peace cannot be kept by force. it can only be achieved by understanding" - albert einstein

-hokum

an anarchy can not literally exist. there is no way, by human nature, someone is bound to still form an organization that is some form of government, there has to be some sanity. The world would literally disappear into oblivion. I honestly think there would be a "world war" against all races, and all groups. an anarchy in theory can only work if humans did not have the attitude that we have. take communism, communism is perfectly god on paper, but as humans, we crave more and more things, and we cant comprehend "if someone else is working less than i why do they get the same income?" so the only forms of government that can truly exist,in theory are democracy, socialism, monarchy, and dictatorships...

Guest, it's normally the bad stuff that gets shown on the news, but that shouldn't fool you into believing that society is evil. Our world, believe it or not, is made up mostly of good people.

just watch the news, travel the world, look at how we are killing ourselves and our lands. we rape the world without caring.the ones who do care, are unable to take action out of fear of failure

I'm sorry but that is complete and utter nonsense. There are many people out there who take care of the environment, donate money to the poor, do volunteer work etc. etc.

Here in Lithuania we've got a typical government, made of mainly "socialdemocrats", who formally call themselves in this way. I personally think that all the parties are more or less driven by the urge to be in the parliament, not ideologically. But what role has ideology got in politics today?

Lithuania's economy is rather weak yet, but rapidly progressing. In fact, during the last year our economy has increased the most of the european countries. This is mainly because the working people are satisfied with a job of a lower salary than someone, say, from Sweden would be. That makes the economy increase, however such a way of increasing can easily cease if people are no longer satisfied with a low salary. Additionally, we expect some changes in our development with the help of EU. (The three baltic states have joined the EU not so long ago.)

An anarchist wouldn't want anarchy if he could get the provisions he needed. I once knew an anarchist who had a DOOR MAN! A DOOR MAN! That is ridiculous.