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Zapatistas, Apoists, Chris Boehm's work which suggests many if not all (current) pre-industrial societies (implying all societies from 250 000 - 15 000 years ago) maintain anarchist-like societies.

As such, civilisation (and farming) and therefore hierachical societies account for 0.06% of human societal structures, measured by time.

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just for kicks: β€œThe assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.” ― Murray Bookchin



Pre-insustrial cultures were homogenic societies.

You can have functioning anarchist societies with traditional values or with same minded -istas and -ists. Not with people with different goals and values. I don't think anarchism works in a modern heterogenic society.

Only with a organized government you can have Mormonistas, and Trumpistas living in the same neighbourhood with a Lesbian couple. Anarchism can't protect minorities against the will of the people. Government can.




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