Why Anarchy?

Being an anarchist is like being the prisoner who Plato writes about in his Allegory of the Cave. Once a person has seen the sun, or rather how ideal anarchy is, they are not often welcomed by the people who are still living in the dark, or rather under a governmental system. Even so, Thomas Jefferson claimed, "A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."

The world needs anarchists, if only to provide ideas for a more liberated existance. What has kept anarchy from being a more prominent force in the world? Perhaps it requires something that we as a society are not yet ready to commit to: personal responsibility. Anarchy requires every person to take responsibility for his own actions. We would have to rid ourselves of a lot of our destructive tendencies: excessive greed, violence, and hatred. Anarchy requires that the individual live his life without infringing upon others, something hard for anyone.