Gar: >Also  marxism at least  claims to share the anarchist goal of eliminating the state in the long run  - "withering away of the state" etc.< yeah. The Marxist tradition is that we must first conquer the state and use it to defend the revolution -- and of course implement democratic decisions -- and later it will wither away if the revolution is successfully defended and the state is truly democratic. The anarchists seem to want it to wither first. >On the question of eminent domain  Sam Smith passed  along a suggestion from  a reader that I think is an  excellent one; uses of eminent domain should require voter approval rather than just be decided by the politicians.   That would stop giveaways to Walmart without stoping legitimate public use.< excellent. JD