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RE: Why Are Peaceful People Becoming Anarchists?
when there is peace somewhere, no conflict, no coercion, it is automatically anarchy.
so you kindof have it backwards. where there is governance is actually a small portion of reality, that certain individuals and entities seek to grow.
so, peaceful people are already anarchist whether they want to be or not.
A better restatement of what you should be asking is, 'why are peaceful people cooperating with governance that perpetuates conflict and coercion?'
As in, a peaceful person would not pay taxes to a government that starts or perpetuates wars.
"Why are so many peaceful people paying taxes that support war?'
This is true, but most people can't see it that way. The assumption is that anarchy is violence and if you oppose government you must be violent. So my approach was more to try and get people realising that just because you question government policy, it doesn't mean you are aggressive or a terrorist as they might like people to believe.