Xanga Migration Post 3
You scored as Anarchism.
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Anarchism!? Anarchism!? Well, okay, yeah. Sure. Believe it or not, anarchism is not the complete absence of authority. It's the absence of a centralized state. The premise of political anarchists is that individuals clump with likeminded people to form communes wherein the rules of the society are agreed upon and thus it is set. Meanwhile, 5 miles up the road is a separate commune, with separate rules, and between these two communes is a "live and let live" agreement.
I don't think anarchism is a realistically viable political option, but I do believe that people have the free will to submit to a moral code, even if it's the wrong one, and that we ought not to legislate morality. I guess that makes me an anarchist. Of course, there's multiple catches in this, such as: if not legislate morality, what do we say to the man who takes supreme pleasure in murder? Certainly if he arises from a commune where he knows the rules, he comprehends that murder is against the rules, but does he realize it is morally reprehensible? That morality is something beyond a simple human construct?
Ultimately, I think politics cannot help but be tied to morality, and frankly, I'm a Platonist. The few, the wise, the judicious ought to rule: Philosopher-Kings, baby.
That is all.
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