--- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, Lorraine DeNardis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have noticed a lot of posts in this group about Anarchy, so I >decided to write a blog on Anarchy. That is an existence without >governmental rule. This is possible, and many cultures have existed >like this. Did they prosper? Well, not really. It depends on how >you look at it. There is a film that was just recently released >about the Mongolian Empire, and it is about Genghis Khan. Before >this one person felt compelled to bring together all the tribes for >the good of the people, horrible things happened. I mean, day to >day life is OK, but they were always under the threat that some more >powerful tribe might raid them. These tribes would steal or rape >wives, kill children, and even take all their possessions. The >movie is about one man, who really felt the ill effects of Anarchy...
Wrong. The Mongol tribes were States, not anarchy. And Genghis Khan's solution to the problem of warring statelets was to establish a universal empire through wars of conquest that were quite bloody, even if the extent to which that was true has been exagerrated by those who were defeated by the Mongols. Tim Starr Fight for Liberty! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fightforliberty/
