<html> <body> That was my question... where does democracy begin and anarchism end (or vice versa)? Cliff  At 03:52 PM 9/22/2003, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>if "coercive rules" are imposed from above (by some authority), maybe non-coercive rules would be imposed by mutual consent (democracy). But that's democracy, not anarchy. ------------------------ Jim Devine jdevine@lmu.edu &  <a href="http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine" eudora="autourl">http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine</a> > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Perrin [<a href="mailto:dperrin@comcast.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:dperrin@comcast.net</a>] > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:37 PM > To: lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org > Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] anarchist/commie soccer results > > > > How do you enforce "non-coercive" rules? > > > > Doug > > Hard to say. Perhaps it's impossible. Ideally the concept of > a non-coercive > order is based on voluntary cooperation and compromise, the > very element of > serious anarchism or any form of libertarianism. It may all > be a fantasy, or > perhaps only elements can be realized at this point in our > evolution. In any > event, I was responding to the age-old belief that anarchism > is about chaos > and disorder. All the anarchist thinkers and writers I've > read over the > years insist on the opposite. > > DP > > ___________________________________ > <a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk" eudora="autourl">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> > ___________________________________ <a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk" eudora="autourl">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </blockquote></body> </html>