what does anarchy mean??<3?

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Answer 1

The popular and most recent definition of the word is one fraught with lots of political overtones. The current usage is that of, as mentioned above, "lawlessness" and "lack of control" by the authorities.

I was going to use the word "chaos" as others have done, but this, likewise, has had it's meaning corrupted. The REAL definition of Chaos is a description of the state of all matter and the fact that every particle is in constant flux, is forever changing and that everything is located in a web of interconnected possibilities. You've heard of "The Butterfly Effect"? The concept that a butterfly's wingbeat on one continent can create a cyclone on another? It's an extreme example, but it's a way of seeing the idea.

The definition of "Anarchy" which I am much happier with is this: it is a state in which we all take complete and total responsibility for ALL our actions, no matter what they are. This precludes the need for laws of any kind, because we live with our own! Together with this is an understanding of what effects our actions have all along their multifarious pathways, from their origins to a final destination.

For example: If you steal an item from a shop, there is a chain of reactions. The shopkeeper loses out because he or she has paid for the product, you lose out because you'll feel guilty (a negative and delusional emotion); the owner of the premises loses out because the shopkeeper's ability to pay rent is lessened; other shoppers lose out because the shopkeeper has to increase prices to cover the cost of the stolen goods as well as the cost of installing surveillance equipment to prevent further losses. The shopkeeper will also be a lot more suspicious of everyone who shops there - "Is this person going to be the next to rip me off?"

So that's why we need laws to stop people stealing. Most don't follow the chain of actions and reactions their activities create. If we did and took Responsibility that would mean that we would actually, actively "care" of each other, rather than being content to pass on responsibility to a higher authority!
This brings me to my final point - those that ARE this "higher authority" - the government, the church and the media - are the ones who have corrupted the word. This is because they do not want to lose their privileged status and the paypacket that comes with it!

A truly Anarchistic society is a complete Utopian paradise!! It's one where we DO NOT need laws to govern our behaviour because we govern our own!!!

Hope this helps!!!

Love and Light,


Jarrah

Answer 2

Anarchy means total lack of government, and generally refers to the complete chaos that would result. Anarchy generally turns into rule by terror or force by the strongest or most brutal or most well-armed individuals.

Answer 3

a lack of any higher authority like a government in a country or area

Answer 4

a society of people without governance, but with self-government. It can also be a synonym for "chaos" but it got that reputation because it came about in revolutionary times, where people reject the status-quo.

Answer 5

total caos and rebellion against everything, especially politics.. big thing in the 70's-80's..

watch The Young Ones or listen to The Sex Pistols..

Answer 6

anarchy is no established government, no authority, and no control over you.

Answer 7

lawlessness ; no authority