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''Practical Anarchy'' is a book by [[Stefan Molyneux]] written in 2008. It was preceded by ''[[Everyday Anarchy]]'' in the same year.
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'''''Practical Anarchy''''' is a book by [[Stefan Molyneux]] written in 2008. It was preceded by ''[[Everyday Anarchy]]'', and followed by ''[[Achieving Freedom]]''. In the first part of the book Molyneux establishes several principles and a methodology for the rest of the book. In the second part of the book the reasoning is discussed, with a large section devoted to frequently asked questions about anarchism, as well as arguments against the state and arguments for alternatives to government. In the third part of the book Molyneux provides examples of various alternatives that could be possible in a stateless society, such as roads, health care, and money. The last part draws conclusions and argues for a future free from Government.


== Part One: Methodology ==
== Contents ==
*[[Practical Anarchy/1|Part One: Methodology]]
*[[Practical Anarchy/2|Part Two: Reasoning]]
*[[Practical Anarchy/3|Part Three: Examples]]
*[[Practical Anarchy/4|Part Four: Conclusions]]


=== Introduction ===
== Links ==
*[http://www.fdrurl.com/PAPDF Digital version]
*[http://fdrurl.com/PA Audio version]
*[http://www.lulu.com/content/2935951 Print version]


The inevitable – and highly intelligent – questions that arose in response to my last book “Everyday Anarchy” mostly centred on the question of how a stateless society could self-organise in practical terms.
[[Category:Writings of Stefan Molyneux]]
 
Naturally, these sorts of questions are a fascinating and endless kind of intellectual delight. Much as Alice mused as she fell down the hole at the beginning of Lewis Carroll’s famous book, we intellectuals are tempted to design the future down to the last detail. We try to respond to every conceivable objection with yet another essay on how roads can be delivered in the absence of a government, or how international treaties can work in the absence of law courts, or how children can be protected in the absence of the police, or how national defence can be secured in the absence of a State army, and how the poor can receive an education in the absence of public schools, and how and why doctors will help the impoverished sick without being forced to, and so on.
 
I have always argued that these answers – though intellectually stimulating and enjoyably debatable – will never convince those who wish to avoid the morality and practicality of non-violent solutions to the problems of social organisation.
 
For instance, in my last book, as well as a recent video, I provided a proof for anarchy, which relied on the reality of non-contractual special-interest group relationships with up-and-coming politicians. A large number of people wrote to me in response, saying either that such special interest relationships did not exist – surely a laughable proposition, given the thirty thousand plus lobbyists registered in Washington DC alone – or that if I wanted anarchy, and democracy was a great proof of the practical functionality of anarchy, then surely I should be happy with democracy!
 
There seems to be no end to the foolish statements that can be uttered by those afraid of the truth. The truth, as Socrates gave his life to show, remains highly threatening to entrenched interests, and has a very personal and volatile effect on our immediate relationships.
 
In reality, it is not so much a stateless society that we fear, but rather a family-less and friendless society where we rock gently, hugging our useless truths to our chests; solitary, ostracised, alone, rejected, scorned, derided. The truth is a desert island, we fear, and so as evolutionarily social animals, we join our corrupt circles in mocking and attacking the truth, and resent those who tell the truth, for revealing the corruption that formerly was only visible unconsciously – which is to say, largely invisible.
 
It is important to understand up front that this book will contain truths that will likely be highly threatening to you – and certainly to those around you. The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labour under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters. As I talked about in my book, “Real-Time Relationships,” the predations of the rulers survive on the horizontal attacks of the slaves. Because we savage each other, we remain ruled by savages.
 
Thus, you may find that as you read this book, you experience a rising frustration and irritation with its contents – and possibly with me as well, if experience is any guide.
 
I certainly do sympathise with these emotions, and truly understand their cause, but I would strongly urge you to refrain from sending me angry e-mails – for your sake, not mine. It is, as you know, highly unjust to attack a truth teller for the discomfort he causes.
 
It is not my fault that you have been lied to your whole life.
 
Furthermore, the lies exist whether or not you hear the truth – from me, or from anyone else.
 
=== Limitations ===
 
=== The Answer? ===
 
=== The Argument from Apocalypse ===
 
=== A Merely Personal Confession ===
 
=== A Few Principles ===
 
==== Using the past to justify the future ====
 
==== You are not the only kind person on the planet ====
 
==== Statism and Isolation ====
 
==== Relative Risk ====
 
=== Collective Defence: An Example of Methodology ===
 
==== Why Invade? ====
 
==== Invading Anarchy ====
 
==== Deactivated Money ====
 
=== Statist National "Defence": A Critical Example ===
 
==== Which sector does more to protect you and your property - the public or the private? ====
 
== Part Two: Reasoning ==
 
=== Introduction: The Six Questions ===
 
=== Anarchism – Frequently Asked Questions ===
 
==== Isn’t Anarchism ‘Bad’? ====
 
==== But if there is no government, how can the inevitable conflicts in human society be resolved? ====
 
==== For somebody who is an anarchist, you sure do sound like a politician! Wasn’t that just a complete dodge of the question? ====
 
==== But what about the roads? ====
 
==== Okay – here’s a scenario for you: a guy builds a road that completely encircles a suburban neighborhood, and then charges $1 million for anyone to cross that road. Isn’t he holding everyone who lives in that neighborhood hostage? ====
 
==== All right, smarty-pants – what about this: the company that supplies water to a neighborhood suddenly decides to increase its rates Tenfold – people are going to be forced to pay the exorbitant price, right? ====
 
==== Okay – what if two DROs have different rules – isn’t that just going to result in endless civil war? ====
 
==== But – won’t the most successful DRO just arm itself, violently eliminate all the other DROs, and emerge as a new government? ====
 
==== Are There Any Examples Of Anarchic Societies Being Successful In The Past? ====
 
==== How can a society without a government pay for national defense? ====
 
==== What about education? ====
 
==== Yes, but how will poor children get an education if it is not paid for through taxes? ====
 
=== Disproving the State: Four Arguments Against Government ===
 
=== Anarchy, Violence, and the State ===
 
==== Does more government equal less violence? ====
 
==== Principle 1: Risk ====
 
==== Principle 2: Proximity ====
 
==== Principle 3: Externalization of Costs ====
 
==== Principle 4: Deferment ====
 
==== Principle 5: Propaganda ====
 
=== War, Profit, and the State ===
 
==== The Cost of Destruction ====
 
==== The Risks of Destruction ====
 
==== The Risks of Personal Retaliation ====
 
==== The Economics of War ====
 
==== The Costs of Military Destruction ====
 
==== The Risks of Annihilation ====
 
==== The Risks of Military Retaliation ====
 
==== Externalising Military Risk ====
 
==== Externalising Emotional Discomfort ====
 
==== In Other Words, The State Is War ====
 
=== A Successful Operation (a dead patient!) ===
 
==== Problem #1: Public Ownership ====
 
==== Problem #2: The State as a ‘Common’ ====
 
=== Dispute Resolution Organisations ===
 
==== Breaking Contract ====
 
==== Non-payment ====
 
=== The Stateless Society: An Examination of Alternatives ===
 
==== Dispute Resolution ====
 
==== Collective Services ====
 
==== Pollution ====
 
==== Interpersonal Crimes ====
 
=== The Stateless Society and Violent Crime ===
 
==== Crimes of Passion ====
 
=== These Cages Are Only for Beasts ===
 
=== Stateless Dictatorships: How a Free Society Prevents the Re-emergence of a Government ===
 
==== Premises ====
 
==== Starting Point ====
 
==== The Secret Army ====
 
==== Raising Rates ====
 
==== Full Disclosure ====
 
==== Alternative Funding ====
 
==== Defense DROs ====
 
==== Independently Wealthy? ====
 
==== The Question of Profit ====
 
=== Irrational Laws? ===
 
=== Tank Control ===
 
==== The Tank in the Garden ====
 
==== Gun Control ====
 
== Part Three: Examples ==
 
=== Roads ===
 
==== New Roads ====
 
==== The Statist Pony ====
 
==== Existing City Roads ====
 
==== A Predatory Road Monopoly? ====
 
===== My Way or the Highway? =====
 
==== Automobile Insurance ====
 
==== An example of private roads ====
 
=== Health Care ===
 
==== Anarchism and Medical Care ====
 
==== Existing Systems ====
 
==== “Two-Tiered” Health Care ====
 
==== The Anarchist “Solution”? ====
 
==== How It Doesn’t Work: An Analogy ====
 
==== How It Will Work ====
 
==== Healthcare Information ====
 
==== Health Care and the Poor ====
 
=== Stateless Prisons ===
 
==== The Rapist ====
 
=== Money ===
 
==== The Anarchist Credit Card ====
 
==== What Problem are we Trying to Solve? ====
 
==== Monetary Aspects of Stateless Money ====
 
===== Stability =====
 
===== Portability =====
 
===== Security =====
 
===== Bankruptcy? =====
 
===== Compared to What? =====
 
=== Saving Children: The Stateless Society and the Protection of the Helpless ===
 
==== Proactive Protection ====
 
==== A Parenting Fable ====
 
=== Preventing Tragedy – An Anarchic Analysis of Abortion ===
 
==== Subsidizing Abortion ====
 
==== Taxing Family Planning ====
 
==== The Men ====
 
==Part Four: Conclusions ==
 
=== The Value of Anarchism ===
 
==== The Future ====
 
==== Anarchy and Relationships ====

Latest revision as of 20:43, 12 October 2012

Practical Anarchy is a book by Stefan Molyneux written in 2008. It was preceded by Everyday Anarchy, and followed by Achieving Freedom. In the first part of the book Molyneux establishes several principles and a methodology for the rest of the book. In the second part of the book the reasoning is discussed, with a large section devoted to frequently asked questions about anarchism, as well as arguments against the state and arguments for alternatives to government. In the third part of the book Molyneux provides examples of various alternatives that could be possible in a stateless society, such as roads, health care, and money. The last part draws conclusions and argues for a future free from Government.

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