By Nick
Order can only come from the free arrangement of peoples. That being, if forced, then it will not be order, it will be
obedience, it will be of instability; and it will be a result of coercion. People are not asked, but they are told. Coerced into lives chosen by others above them, who pretend to act in the interests of those people.
However foolproof this may seem, it is bound to collapse. It creates tension, and hatred, and denies true freedom, regardless of the illusion it creates.
Law and Order is not so, Law is disorder, law is chaos.
Why? Law is only necessary in a society with inequality; either with a state, or with capitalism. It is a mechanism which is used to repress dissidence, to maintain “business as usual”; to keep the interests of those in power in place. And in thus, it violates ones liberty. It results in people feeling worthless. People no longer place value on themselves, for they themselves have no value under such a system which values nothing but the state and rulers!
Like boiling water spilling out of a pot when it gets to hot, the results of society are much the same. Violence, hatred, aggression, these are all characteristics of such systems.
If rules are not agreed upon by all, how can they represent the interests of all?
If politicians are not re-callable when the public feels that they are out-of-line, how is that they might represent us fairly?
How can these rulers even be fairly and democratically elected, when we have the choice between two parties who represent the same people, and the same interests?
How can, in societies with many different peoples with all different backgrounds and from different class’s, a government rule in the interests of all?
Simply, it cannot. It can rule in the interests of some, but not of others. Those are interests of the ruling class, the rich.
The ruling class is that rules over all people; it is the domination of one class over all others; it holds all political and social power. They often pretend they own economic power, and in some ways, they do. But it is not they who work in the factories, who farm the land, and so forth. No, they merely “own” these.
And why do they own these, though they have often contributed absolutely nothing to their creation or use? Because the law says they have the right too. The law legalises the theft from one class from another. The law protects the private property of the rich because it is they who wrote the laws. They did not represent the workers when they drafted it, when they passed it, and when it is enforced. No, it was merely put in place for their benefit, and their benefit alone. To sustain their order.
And what does this leave for the workers? Nothing, workers have simply the right to work, or starve. The rulers are, of course, not forced into such an agreement, but we are. We are forced to maintain their privilege, and it is at our expense. To maintain their “order” at our expense. Surely, such a system, if looked upon from an outside view would be laughed at. It is a mockery of every single human being living it. We work for a boss, who gives a small, often pitiful amount of money, and then only to go back and buy necessities from the same people we work for!
And when we ask for more, we are marginalised and ignored! And when we organise, we are fired, and arrested by those who aim to protect the interests of the bosses!
It is no wonder that people feel worthless in a system that suggests that their only value is to create capital for their boss, for someone who is above them; more important than them.
No, such a system will not maintain order, it will create chaos, because it is chaotic in theory, it is chaotic in all spheres.
One person can not work for another, be paid pitifully, and then be expected to happily buy back his labour. Such a thing is an insult. How can such a system create order? It cannot! It can only create disorder! It can only create tension, because it rests on such a thing! If a worker was to try and take more than they earned, they would be locked up. But if a boss takes more than they have earned, they will be protected by the law! Pay cuts are an example of this. The boss is beginning to lose profits, so what is the first thing he will cut? The pay checks of his workers. Why? To ensure that he can continue to get the maximum amount of profit from what he is still able to sell.
The workers toiled for long hours so that the product may be created, and only to have the pay they were to receive for their work sliced in half. Do they do any less labour once their pay has been cut? No, more likely, they will do more to make up for the boss’s losses. And if the boss looses all, they will simply be cast out, unemployed, only to seek employment, and be subjected to the same conditions as before.
Such a thing is nothing less than robbery!
In the eyes of the boss, the worker is nothing – s/he is a machine.
How can a system like this create order? It cannot. It can only create disorder.
Only order through liberty can be harmonious. In essence, ‘liberty is the mother of order.’
Such order is created by all, in the interests of all. It can represent the interests of all people, because it is the living, breathing existence of all people. Order requires not law, nor force, it requires liberty, and it requires equality.
Order requires Anarchy.
Only through anarchy can there be order, freedom, and equality. For in anarchy, they all co-exist.
In anarchy, we may rule ourselves, and only in a society of anarchy can such rulings be fair, because they are our rulings over ourselves.
In anarchy, we manage our factories; we manage our society and problems. And only in this, can we work in our interests. Who knows better how to run our society than us, the people who live and work in it? No one
Such a society is attainable, it is within our reach. If we realise our potential as people, as workers, we can over come any foe, overthrow all governments, establish systems of fairness, equality, and liberty. How is this so? Because in the end, they the bosses, rest on our power. Without us, they are powerless. It was once said that “without our brain and muscle, not a single wheel can turn”. That stands true to this day, and will always stand true.
For a society of liberty, equality and freedom.
For a society of free association.
For Anarchy.
