Milutin writes:
> >A concise proof that anarchism won't work?
>
> I never understand when people make such comments.  Like "Communism doesn't
> work" (because Russia fell).

It wasn't that kind of a comment.  It was a joke.  The implied
question (the real question in my mind) is how can an anarchist system
survive the evil deeds of the Type_As and the suspicions of the other
guy, who admitted he believes the appearance of the worm on this list
was a deliberate evil deed, even though it has been widely publicized
(and was so stated on this list) that the worm can mail itself from
infected machines without the owner being aware of what is happening.

It seems to me that a successful anarchist system must have a bigger
than normal provision for "benefit of doubt".  Otherwise you have a
system where, because they cannot count on enforcement of rules,
people tend to suspect nefarious intent behind every destructive act,
even when there is good reason to believe the destructive act was
unintended.

> [...]
> Anarchy says that it isn't the people who are evil, but the institutions
> that brings out the evilness in its members and then promotes the worst ones
> to the highest places.

It's the people.  If the institution brings out the evilness of its
members, the evilness must be there to be brought out.

martin

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