Andrew T

So a litmus test is not what a majority votes for, what a majority wants, or what minorities desire. It's really the absence of authority, the absence of this sort of power over others at all. And it's also inevitably the absence of permission and prohibition, the ability to permit things, the ability to prohibit things.

When a thing is allowed and a thing is disallowed, yes, people can do what they want, but but everybody else can also do what they want. And so that creates the incentive to be thoughtful and responsible in what you do. And to be thoughtful and responsible in how what you do affects other people. You do things and your things are open to any number of consequences.

When a thing is allowed and a thing is disallowed, yes, people can do what they want, but but everybody else can also do what they want. And so that creates the incentive to be thoughtful and responsible in what you do. And to be thoughtful and responsible in how what you do affects other people. You do things and your things are open to any number of consequences.

When a thing is allowed and a thing is disallowed, yes, people can do what they want, but but everybody else can also do what they want. And so that creates the incentive to be thoughtful and responsible in what you do. And to be thoughtful and responsible in how what you do affects other people. You do things and your things are open to any number of consequences.

And so if you want to avoid negative consequences, you gotta get informed. You have to learn about how your actions might affect others through communication with individuals and groups. And you have to find compromises and solutions to points of conflict. You're not an island. You're part of a web of mutually interdependent relationships.

And so if you want to avoid negative consequences, you gotta get informed. You have to learn about how your actions might affect others through communication with individuals and groups. And you have to find compromises and solutions to points of conflict. You're not an island. You're part of a web of mutually interdependent relationships.

And so if you want to avoid negative consequences, you gotta get informed. You have to learn about how your actions might affect others through communication with individuals and groups. And you have to find compromises and solutions to points of conflict. You're not an island. You're part of a web of mutually interdependent relationships.

And that's something that exists in every kind of society at mutual interdependence. The problem with hierarchy is that in a hierarchical society, to access that web of mutual interdependence, you have to obey authority. You have to take part in authoritarian systems to have access to human community.

And that's something that exists in every kind of society at mutual interdependence. The problem with hierarchy is that in a hierarchical society, to access that web of mutual interdependence, you have to obey authority. You have to take part in authoritarian systems to have access to human community.

And that's something that exists in every kind of society at mutual interdependence. The problem with hierarchy is that in a hierarchical society, to access that web of mutual interdependence, you have to obey authority. You have to take part in authoritarian systems to have access to human community.

So in an anarchic society, you don't have us obeying authority, but our behavior is still regulated, in a sense that we are dependent on other people. And we want to have, as much as possible, a harmonious relationship with those other people. Perhaps controversially, I could say that it's actually the absence of rules and rulers that makes anarchism work.

So in an anarchic society, you don't have us obeying authority, but our behavior is still regulated, in a sense that we are dependent on other people. And we want to have, as much as possible, a harmonious relationship with those other people. Perhaps controversially, I could say that it's actually the absence of rules and rulers that makes anarchism work.

So in an anarchic society, you don't have us obeying authority, but our behavior is still regulated, in a sense that we are dependent on other people. And we want to have, as much as possible, a harmonious relationship with those other people. Perhaps controversially, I could say that it's actually the absence of rules and rulers that makes anarchism work.

Because, for one, harm can never be fully captured by rules, and rules cannot capture all the possible circumstances where harm could occur. But also for two, the existence of rule often provides protections for authorities. This is something we talked about in our definition of authority in the last episode. This idea that authority is the right that grants it privileges and protections.

Because, for one, harm can never be fully captured by rules, and rules cannot capture all the possible circumstances where harm could occur. But also for two, the existence of rule often provides protections for authorities. This is something we talked about in our definition of authority in the last episode. This idea that authority is the right that grants it privileges and protections.

Because, for one, harm can never be fully captured by rules, and rules cannot capture all the possible circumstances where harm could occur. But also for two, the existence of rule often provides protections for authorities. This is something we talked about in our definition of authority in the last episode. This idea that authority is the right that grants it privileges and protections.

You know, the idea that the police officer can beat you up, but you cannot raise a hand in defense of yourself.

You know, the idea that the police officer can beat you up, but you cannot raise a hand in defense of yourself.

You know, the idea that the police officer can beat you up, but you cannot raise a hand in defense of yourself.

you know the bank can evict you from your home but you can't be throwing molotovs into the bank you know that sort of thing is a very unequal relationship that is enforced and defended by rules by the rights granted by those rules and so rather than approaching society with a one-size-fits-all approach to rules that are enforced by some type of authority we can instead create solutions that are tailored to specific problems