Comments by "Fumble_ Brewski" (@fumble_brewski5410) on "Tucker: America is eliminating freedom here at home" video.
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@Amused Derision Where does one begin? 🙄 Let's back up and define our terms. The word(s) "anarchism/anarchist" are derived from the Greek terms "an"(without) and "archōn" (leader or ruler). Hence, without rulers or leadership. Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is sceptical of authority and rejects all involuntary, coercive forms of hierarchy. Anarchism calls for the abolition of the state, which it holds to be unnecessary, undesirable, and harmful. As a historically left-wing movement, placed on the farthest left of the political spectrum, it is usually described alongside communalism and libertarian Marxism as the libertarian wing (libertarian socialism) of the socialist movement, and has a strong historical association with anti-capitalism and socialism.
The only problem with this line of reasoning is that, like Marxism, it looks forward to the gradual withering away of the State. But this is patently unachievable, since anarchism produces only chaos, which the people find intolerable, and wishing to end chaos, they inevitably move toward organized government of various flavors. People, by nature, are inclined to be social creatures, which in turn gravitates toward some form of structured society, i.e., civil government. As an aside, this is why we never saw the emergence of the "new Soviet man" in the USSR. They tried mightily for nearly 75 years years to produce such a creature, but failed. Why, you may ask? Because the flaw in their ideology premised that you could build a perfect Marxist society composed of imperfect people. They were unable to change basic human nature enough to accomplish their goals. That would be akin to trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation of clay.
Also, I must point out that you are factually and historically inaccurate when you described the colonies being "in a state of anarchism." Far from it. The Pilgrims and their successors were Englishmen loyal to the Crown (until 1776), and believed first of all in the Laws of God, as well as the laws of the Crown. There is a huge difference between anarchism and freedom in the form of libertarianism. I know, since I've been a libertarian for most of my adult life and never even considered your alternative as remotely feasible or desirable. Believe what you will, but you will find anarchism taking effect when pigs learn to fly and camels learn to sing. Cheers.
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