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[Quinn Wood <wood.quinn.s AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Richard Lyons <richard AT the-place.net> wrote:
> This reminds me of the distinction people used to draw a few decades ago
> between anarchy and anarchism.  Anarchy the lack of order, and anarchism
> the framework in which we create order without law.  That is to say the
> desirable state of anarchism requires that individuals voluntarily opt
> into co-operative states (with a small s). That is the kind of world I
> wish for, one without conformity enforced by armies and police forces,
> but with engaged individuals (or groups) consciously ensuring their
> actions accord with those of others.
>
The simplest form of anarchism is members of a community refusing to
participate in an activity they don't like. That's similar to what's
happened so far with the .ibu proposal.