On 11/16/2010 01:00 PM, alpheus.mad...@juno.com wrote: > On the other hand, there have been peaceful, free societies where > individuals would immediately give a helping hand when someone was > down on their luck--without forcefully taking that "help" from > their neighbors. Medieval Iceland was one such society.
Believe it or not, I mostly agree with you. In small groups of people under ideal circumstances, a completely anarchistic society can exist quite nicely. In the meantime I fully support the underlying idea of social contract that undergirds the modern American republic. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */