Anarchist Utopian is an oxymoron if there ever was
one, right? Maybe not as much as one thinks. Utopia was this
fictional society where everything was perfect. We typically think of
communist or socialist societies as false Utopias. I think to expand
the definition to any society that is filled with absolutes and
infringes on the liberties of others.
We must ask, can an Anarchical society
that believes in absolute individual liberty infringe on the
liberties of others? Any society that deals in absolutes forces their
beliefs on others. To understand this we must understand why we have
towns and cities. We can start this with “Once upon a time.” Yes – we go that far back. The
earliest humans were. by nature. social creatures. Unlike animals, they didn't abandon their family once
grown. Because of this nurturing instinct, humans began to share
common resources.
In time, they found that forming close
knit societies helped them survive the ravages of nature and enemies.
As time went on and small communities grew, they found that it
helped if they selected a few to make some of the day to day decisions for all. They
would select villagers thought to be the wisest and most educated to
make decisions for the community. People found they couldn't leave
fields to vote on each small decision needed to be made. Of course
there were some who didn't agree with the decisions and they would
leave the community. They would sometimes form their own communities
with a different set of rules. There was one thing all communities
had in common, they had an individual or group to make decisions for
the collective.
