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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (16726)	9/16/2001 11:06:52 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Interestingly, I was an anarchist (syndicalist, not libertarian) at the same time I was a pacifist. (Syndicalism is true industrial democracy. Enterprises are worker owned, and management is elected.) When I dropped pacifism, I dropped anarchism. Appreciating the role of deadly force and coercion in human affairs, I decided that having a government to determine and enforce rules was, in itself, and with due safeguards, a good thing. Still, of course, I remain wary of "too much of a good thing"<g>......

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (16726)	9/17/2001 10:41:42 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

The only libertarian society that actually worked was in medieval Iceland. It was really an anarchist society. It was a wonderful place until the Vikings came marauding. My understanding is that the people of medieval Iceland where Vikings (although they could still be raided by other groups of Vikings). The older Viking areas were becomeing more centralized Kingdoms and many people left not liking the idea of bowing down to the kings. When things really started to decline it wasn't raids but rather the climate turning colder. Tim