cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/42620143
Their lives are blissful… free from the burden of self doubt.
Revolutionary Spain represents an example of extremely effective armed resistance to the rise of fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini, surviving for years. By contrast, many established democracies collapsed relatively quickly when invaded.
For more information, you can check out an anarchist FAQ’s answer to the question, “Does revolutionary Spain show that libertarian socialism can work in practice?”. For a more current example of an anarchist society working in practice, you could also check out the Zapatista movement, an anarchist society which today consists of at least 300,000 people.
If you’re unfamiliar with anarchism, you probably have some misconceptions about it, so I encourage you to watch the Q&Anarchy video series by Thought Slime or have a look through an Anarchist FAQ, because it’s almost definitely nothing like what you think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Somalia_(1991–2006)
Somalia is a failed state, not a project built around anarchist organizing principles
Somalia wasn’t organized according to any anarchist principles, it was just a total chaotic, disordered mess.
Anarchy in definition is not organized by any principles. It’s lack of ruling.
The moment you insert governing factor, be it principle if you will, it stops being anarchy but follows some guideline.
Lack of ruling is lack of ruling.
That’s not true - it’s lack of rulers, from the greek “an archos”, meaning “without rulers”. In an anarchist society, there are still rules, but the rules are decided by the people who live and work in a place, rather than a king or a politician or a billionaire or a CEO or whoever. There are many ways to determine what those rules are, such as direct democracy and consensus-based decision making. You might want to check out the Q&Anarchy video series to learn what anarchists actually believe and practice.