Why do Anarchists view not having a state as preferential?

[AutistSupremacist]

Sure, you can make all the criticisms you want of the contemporary state as we know it—but at the very least, it provides us with safety, decent services, healthcare, and freedom of movement. Anarchists claim this is oppressive and should be abolished, but what exactly replaces it? If there are no laws, no rules, no statesmen, no civil servants, no healthcare providers, no librarians, no electricians or engineers—how is society supposed to function?


If we abolished the state, we would descend into total chaos. Prisons would be opened, criminals would take to the streets, and we’d see looting, rape, and all manner of disorder. It would be a return to the state of nature.


I've also noticed that some anarchists are anti-work, which makes no sense. Even if you oppose wage labor, which exists in advanced societies, you’d still have to work—probably even more so—in a primitive or stateless society. Hunter-gatherers and early farming communities spent most of their time working. You’d have to hunt, fish, build huts, care for the commune’s children, tend to the sick, distribute goods, and more.

 

[Zer0/∞]

Anti work is a misnomer, they are against the theft of surplus value workers produce.

 

[RandomGuy]

 

[Emba]

No kings does not mean no dentists, libraries, roads, or social rules

 

[Butane]

Sure, you can make all the criticisms you want of the contemporary state as we know it—but at the very least, it provides us with safety, decent services, healthcare, and freedom of movement. Anarchists claim this is oppressive and should be abolished, but what exactly replaces it? If there are no laws, no rules, no statesmen, no civil servants, no healthcare providers, no librarians, no electricians or engineers—how is society supposed to function?


If we abolished the state, we would descend into total chaos. Prisons would be opened, criminals would take to the streets, and we’d see looting, rape, and all manner of disorder. It would be a return to the state of nature.


I've also noticed that some anarchists are anti-work, which makes no sense. Even if you oppose wage labor, which exists in advanced societies, you’d still have to work—probably even more so—in a primitive or stateless society. Hunter-gatherers and early farming communities spent most of their time working. You’d have to hunt, fish, build huts, care for the commune’s children, tend to the sick, distribute goods, and more.

they're retarded

 

[Zer0/∞]

No kings does not mean no dentists, libraries, roads, or social rules

Most intelligent anarchists are only against illegitimate rulers and regimes, not the concept of government itself

 

[Emba]

Most intelligent anarchists are only against illegitimate rulers and regimes, not the concept of government itself

Ok

 

[Castaway]

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Even without a state, the minority of individuals who are genetically superior will always dominate the majority. It’s how states formed in the first place.

 

[Zer0/∞]

Ok

I’m agreeing with you

 

[Emba]

I’m agreeing with you

Whatever you say, King

 

[T1Dcel]

Anarchists are making a very bold assumption, that only holds true for a minority of people (like me):
That people are capable of making rational, critically thought decisions.

 

[Hoor Al-Ayn]

not an anarchist but i used to dabble in it when i was a teenager:
the belief is that the state is an unjust hierarchy and a dominating force; they believe all functions of the state can be done by people without the need for a state, the state is but a false idol making you think you need it. they tend to believe the natural state (pun intended) of the human being is cooperative and benevolent, and that hierarchy has ruined that natural order.

 

[Hoor Al-Ayn]

If we abolished the state, we would descend into total chaos. Prisons would be opened, criminals would take to the streets, and we’d see looting, rape, and all manner of disorder. It would be a return to the state of nature.

anarchists are usually anti-prison though ironically makhnovschina (ukraine free territory) had prisons holding political enemies run by the militia. but ideally they don't want prison. they think the solution to crime is something more fundamental than punishment.

 

[lnceI]

It would be a return to the state of nature.

thats the ideal

 

[lnceI]

they tend to believe the natural state (pun intended) of the human being is cooperative and benevolent, and that hierarchy has ruined that natural order.

yes most anarchists are faggot cucks that have no understanding of human nature

 

[Hoor Al-Ayn]

Most intelligent anarchists are only against illegitimate rulers and regimes, not the concept of government itself

anarchists are against the state as a concept

 

[lnceI]

I've also noticed that some anarchists are anti-work, which makes no sense. Even if you oppose wage labor, which exists in advanced societies, you’d still have to work—probably even more so—in a primitive or stateless society. Hunter-gatherers and early farming communities spent most of their time working. You’d have to hunt, fish, build huts, care for the commune’s children, tend to the sick, distribute goods, and more.

what do wageslaves do today on holidays? they fucking go hunting and fishing etc. youre made to do it. how can you compare following your intuition to being a wageslave to earn paper with numbers on it which youre forced to use to exchange for food? jfl