The word anarchy has been hijacked. Ask the average person, and they’ll tell you it means Molotov cocktails in the street, looters in ski masks, and the collapse of everything civilized. That’s propaganda — the kind the State has been pushing for centuries to keep you obedient.

Anarchy simply means no rulers. Not “no rules,” not “no order,” not “everyone for themselves.” Just no one with a monopoly on force who can steal from you, cage you, or kill you — and then call it “law” or “policy.”

Chaos is what you get when you centralize violence, because when one gang controls all the guns, courts, and prisons, they can do whatever they want without consequence. History’s bloodiest chapters weren’t written by rogue mobs — they were written by governments with flags, national anthems, and armies “just following orders.”

A stateless society doesn’t remove accountability. It removes the idea that violence is legitimate if you fill out the right paperwork first. In place of institutionalized coercion, you get systems built on voluntary cooperation, mutual defense, and reputation.

Anarchy is not the absence of order. It’s the absence of permission slips for oppression.

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