Taylor the Teacher

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Anarchy does not mean chaos. Anarchy is the absence of the state. Only those who want to control other people (largely because they can’t control themselves) want us to think that if there was no state, there would be chaos.

However, answering to any authority other than what my conscience tells me is right is heresy. Anarchy doesn’t mean taking no one as an authority. It means you choose which authority to obey for yourself rather than having it forced upon you at the barrel of a gun. (Which is exactly what the state is, by the way.) And it means that you retain that right to choose, rather than giving it up to the state, wholesale — in advance. It means saying, “I am the decider.”

How can I possibly follow my conscience if I’ve sold my freedom to choose?