by Fred E. Foldvary
Say "anarchy" and many people think of chaos, violence, and everybody running amuck. The word "amuck," also spelled "amok," comes from the Malay language, meaning guys who suddenly become aggressive and homicidal due to some perceived insult.
But anarchism also has a totally different meaning, that of the belief in social harmony without an imposed government. It is a peaceful anarchy with a spontaneous and contractual order.
Most people are not in favor of peaceful anarchism because they think it cannot work. Many philosophers have been telling us that people form or support a government in order to establish security and order, otherwise society will fall apart and run amuck.
Econ Professor Foldvary is pushing Georgist Anarchism, or Geoanarchism as he calls it, which is Communitarian rather than Individualist; public goods are paid for by a single Land Tax.
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