[lbo-talk] Credit Where Credit is Due

[Keith Nybakke]

>
>  >
>>  CB: Without a military
>>  _hierarchy_/command-and-control structure,you would
>>  be slaughtered or subverted.
>>
>
>Don't you need an air force, generals, trained
>professionals, a navy, munitions factories, soldiers
>who follow orders, and all the sort of thing? Or is
>Anarchiststan going to be defended by militiamen? Or
>are all states in the world going to collapse into
>anarchism simultaneously, so there's no one to defend
>against?

Spend a little time with the ideas of Gene Sharp, especially 
Civilian-Based Defence.

He confronts the certainty of armed aggression against a populace in 
revolution.  And he doesn't just say: "Get a gun!" as his first and 
only response.

BTW, I love the name "Anarchiststan"

Keith