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That is simply not true. Anarchism opposes institutionalized hierarchies of command and control. There are anti-organisational cnrrents in anarchy but the vast majority of anarchists don’t oppose organization. Also, thereshave been too many anarchist organisations in history to count.

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Name a single non hierarchical society, I’ll wait and you’ll make my point for me.

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  • The CNT/FAI in 1930s Cathalonia
  • Anarchist Ukraine after the1918 revolution
  • The Zapatistas
  • Many pre-colonial native American tribes, e.g. The Wendat
  • Pretty much any immediate-return hunter gatherer people, e.g. the Hadza or the pygmy

Most of humanity cooperating is non-hierarchical. Any DnD group is non-hierarchical. There is a DM, but they can’t stop me from saying “fuck you, that doesn’t happen! My character kills Gandalf with their hypnotic tits!”

I don’t get your point.

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All of which developed heirarchy because all of society has heirarchy as heirarchy is a natural offshoot of society.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Catalonia

Controlled by a generaltariat and lasted less than a year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symon_Petliura

Directed by Symon Petliura also lasted less than a year.

Famously named after Emiliano Zapata and lead by same who also specifically and repeatedly have stated they are not anarchist.

Native tribes are almost all communes lead by tribal counsel, I’m native so…

As for the hadza, maybe just maybe though I don’t actually believe it myself I would have to see it in action but I can pretty much guarantee “conflict is rare” doesn’t mean absent. “pygmy” aren’t a thing, that’s Dutch colonial nonsense which actually refers to any number of people distributed throughout the world.

Not at all, your example is junk. Who do you default to in dnd when there is a dispute? The dm because the dm is the authority and thus on top with players below, amusingly the dm guides are a higher authority.

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