Proof Anarchy Works

Of course, I mean the term in its classical sense "no king, or no state."  I do not mean the bomb-throwing version, because people who throw bombs do not object to the state they wish to overthrow, there merely wish to be the ones in charge.  Castro is worse than Batista, the current president is worse than the last, and so on.

I grew up in Seattle, before global warming, when it seemed to snow more and deeper.  The last mayor of Seattle declined to play the roads after some six inches of snow, and the city came to a halt (he did plow what roads served him to his hoes, etc.)  He got the boot at the next election, and of course was immediately hired at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, to teach aspiring young govt type how it is done.

Back in the day, when snow hit, the snowplows sanders and salters were making roads passable.  Today, nary a snowplow is to be seen.  The reason is we are supposed to come to a standstill, and desire public transportation above all, especially 1880's technology, light rail.  Never mind a free market would give us maglev, with locomotion 6 inches above the snow.

We got hit with about an inch and a half yesterday, and some people spent 12 hours trying to get 5 miles.  The entire city was shut down, and very man for himself, devil take the hindmost.  Callers to talkradio said no such thing ever happened in Detroit or Boston.  3 foot snowfalls were dealt with pre-emptorily.   It had to be a city worker who called in and said those other cities were flat and Seattle has hills. Ahem...   Boston is flat?  Seattle did not once take care of snow?  City workers did not grow up in Seattle, they do not know what natives know.

Social theorist John Rawls is one of the core teachers of the modern state, and he advocates starting from the original position, that is people from say the Harvard Kennedy School of Government will get together and form an original position from which we will renew the social contract, bringing justice to all.

Of course it is poppycock, foolish and pointless to think this way.  Every disaster, Vietnam war, Katrina, even a snowstorm in Seattle puts us in an "original position" without having to await the convening of Harvard graduates.  Never mind they would magically arrive at what we have anyway.  Never mind that justice is a theological virtue, man cannot approximate justice.  At best man can accomplish, with grace, mercy.  Justice belongs solely to God.

Government does not make humans angles, the election process does not transform men into gods, but power does go to peoples heads.

For the last 24 hours, there has been no police or fire, or for that matter any appreciable government services.  Yet people are kind and considerate, helpful, and crime almost nonexistent.   What will people learn form this?  Nothing.  Those with eyes will see, and those with ears will hear.

Anarchy bring spontaneous order form chaos.  It works.  At least let's have panarchy.    In any event, it is time to start a business, plowing roads in Seattle.  See anarchy in action in Seattle, what happens when there is no government.

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