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Originally Posted by dhoushi
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During my coursework I came across an explanation that I thought summed it up rather nicely. Anarchists consider the government nothing more then an illusion created by powerful people, and therefore illegitimate. Rights are not real, and can be taken away at any point by the government, and laws are only applicable to those who are unconnected to the powerful people. This implies anarchy is the real system in place, and Anarchists only which to lift the veil from those unaware of it.
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This is pretty close to the mark however Chomsky fails to realize that systems and people gravitate towards centralization. These same people create hierarchies and false divisions out of some kind of necessity. Anarchist ideas only work on the small scale because they are modeled after tribal interactions but will totally fail in the grander scheme. The same pipe dream this guy has been pushing for years.