*nods* Even corrupt or bad state institutions are better than none for controlling force, otherwise you just end up with competing warlordism. You can see right now how those places are the worst where the state monopoly on force has collapsed the most.
I mean, since I have strong anarchist leanings, I actually quite favor communal and decentralized self-organization based on consent as ideal over a "strong" state that organizes top-down and imposes force without asking, but that is not the kind of "anarchism" where self-declared "superhero" warlord groups run around amok with their private arsenal imposing force on the opposing "supervillain" warlord groups without prior consent from anyone, not even indirectly from a state.
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Even corrupt or bad state institutions are better than none for controlling force, otherwise you just end up with competing warlordism. You can see right now how those places are the worst where the state monopoly on force has collapsed the most.
I mean, since I have strong anarchist leanings, I actually quite favor communal and decentralized self-organization based on consent as ideal over a "strong" state that organizes top-down and imposes force without asking, but that is not the kind of "anarchism" where self-declared "superhero" warlord groups run around amok with their private arsenal imposing force on the opposing "supervillain" warlord groups without prior consent from anyone, not even indirectly from a state.