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That’s not what anarchists refer to as a state.

A common anarchist definition of the state is: The institutionized power structure which alienates people from the businesses of their daily lives.

If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia, that’s not state violence anymore.

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If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia,

Like having the militia answer to a democratically-elected government?

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No, to councils, not representatives with a free mandate.

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Representatives don’t have a free mandate in a democracy, they’re bound by laws and by their constituency.

How are your councils formed and what restricts their power?

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A common anarchist definition of the state is: The institutionized power structure which alienates people from the businesses of their daily lives.

So not the government at all, right? Because they aren’t responsible for hardly any alienating in my experience. I would attribute any alienating I feel to corporations.

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What would happen to those corporations without the government enforcing their property? Have you ever tried to seize a McDonalds to distribute food to the homeless?

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People have property rights too. I wouldn’t want someone seizing the food in my fridge to feed the homeless. Property rights are a good thing actually. The problem isn’t the government “protecting” corporations. It’s that wealth grants a greater degree of control over government due to corruption.

Ultimately though it’s a pointless discussion since anarchists are never going to see what they envision implemented beyond weirdo hippie commune towns because their ideas don’t scale up.

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