Topic: Anarchy

I would otherwise think this would be a silly thing to even bother saying, but looking at people's profiles, there is actually a surprising number of anarchists.

The concept of anarchy being beneficial is naïve and reckless. Governments are in place for VERY important reasons. People are violent. It is true. It is part of human nature to kill other Humans. This may seem strange to us, but that is only because we have been conditioned to suppress this violent nature.

"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man"
-Thomas Hobbes

There is a lot of wisdom to this. Without a government we would be in a constant state of war. I can guarantee you, that if people had no rules to govern them, the rate of death would SORE, resulting from murder being a regular thing, lack of protection, lack of organized and government funded medical institutions (disease), etc. To be in Anarchy is to be in complete chaos and un-organization.

There would not be any significant advances in humanity, if there was not a government to organize it. We must have government. It is one of the things that make the human race so powerful. To have this mass organization, is an amazing feat for a species to accomplish. To remove the government is to put your own, individual self in danger.
Though it sounds great to have freedom, people would abuse this freedom horribly.

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil"
-Common Sense (by Thomas Paine)

By the way, I recommend Common sense. It is a good book to read.