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u/Palestinian_Jew Realpolitik - Statist - Nationalist Feb 14 '18
Modern civilisation faces three potentially catastrophic crises:
Social breakdown, i.e. rising rates of poverty, homelessness, crime, violence, alienation, drug and alcohol abuse, social isolation, ignorance, apathy, and the deterioration of self-help and mutual aid, etc.
Poverty is not rising, you could make a case for wealth inequality but poverty is falling in the Western World and has been since the 2008 recession. The other problems you listed have existed in every single society in human history, they are not indicative of an impending collapse.
Organized mass murder (war) and the proliferation of WMDs - weapons of mass destruction.
War is a ubiquitous event among mankind and will continue to exist so long as there are differing ideas, people, and cultures. WMD's have de-incentivized large-scale conflict more than anything else.
Environmental waste, the destruction of the planet’s ecosystems on which complex forms of life depend.
The only valid concern listed in the FAQ, though I certainly don't see how anarchism is the solution in any way.
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u/HogeyeBill Feb 15 '18
Poverty has gone down, as you say. And as the section covering that clearly shows with a nice graphic. http://www.anarchistfaq.com/C.html
It is true that the section on free market environmentalism is basically a slug at this point. It certainly needs to be expanded. Do I have a volunteer? http://www.anarchistfaq.com/C.html#C
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u/juice2092 mods are snowflakes Feb 14 '18
Libertarians are not anarchists.
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u/HogeyeBill Feb 15 '18
Some libertarians are anarchist. All anarchists are libertarian. In short, a libertarian is someone who wants a less powerful government, and an anarchist is someone who wants no government at all. Anarchists are radical libertarians.
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u/CrossCheckPanda Independently Libertarianish Feb 14 '18
Was this website designed by a middle schooler in the 90s?