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I realized that states behave in a way that isn’t rational, that is ultimately driven by a need to prove the necessity of their own existence.<\/p>\n

And this is what anarchists think about all institutions. Institutions ultimately have their own sets of interests which are ulterior.<\/p>\n

War, I’m afraid to say, is one of the ultimate ways that the state proves its own necessity.<\/p>\n

–Carne Ross, British ex-diplomat, October 4 2017
\nFrom: Does The Establishment Know Anarchy Is The Answer<\/a>? | Under The Skin with Russell Brand\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to say that the obvious counter-argument is Hobbesian–states and law ARE necessary because man is bad.<\/p>\n

And he goes on to point out the fallacies of that counter-argument, one that we live and breathe for decades and sometimes whole lives. I won’t go into that deeply, but think along the lines of:<\/p>\n

“Without King Bezos, without Kommisar Biden, without Chancellor Putin and Duchess Ocasio-Cortez, why, there’d be total Chaos!” (This is essentially the argument for feudal monarchy of one sort or another, and ultimately for villainy<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

After that, some other interesting observations …<\/p>\n