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DonPiano@feddit.org 3 days agowww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchism
1: a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups
finitebanjo@piefed.world 3 days ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchy
1
a: absence of government
b: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority
the city's descent into anarchy
c: a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government
2
a: absence or denial of any authority or established order
anarchy prevailed in the war zone
b: absence of order : disorder
Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 days ago
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally
1 : in a literal sense or manner
2 : in effect : virtually —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible
Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yeah, those are definitions when used as a literary term, or an extreme example. You’re not wrong that anarchy can refer to no rules at all, but social contracts and agreements can exist and it still be anarchy just fine.
finitebanjo@piefed.world 3 days ago
This is both a literary term and an extreme example, idk why you're here arguing it if you agree on that usage.
Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Well, because things in practice are often different than the extreme end of the definition, and I’m arguing because I enjoy it and it exposes me to other perspectives. Like how you see no benefit to anarchy tells me about your lived expieriences and/or how you would plan to act in an anarchal society.
Also, social contracts are enforced in anarchy, just not by an entity emposed by a governing body. I’d say social contracts are more worthwhile when they flourish without the need for enforcement. E.g. people watching what they say in public around children. You won’t get arrested for swearing until it’s “disturbing the peace”.