Would you rather live in a world where there is no government or law, or a world where you are forced to live under a tyrant?

[Agape93]

Tyranny

Anarchy

[Lynx122]

In Anarchy it would be up to each person to find a group to mitigate the worst effects of anarchy or go it on your own and risk it although that seems very difficult. But honestly even though it's dangerous and brutal I feel like anarchy is still preferable to Tyrany. I live in a country where the people have more freedom and power in relation to the government than pretty much anywhere in the world. So if I'd have to lose all that I'd rather still have the freedom to make my own choices even if I risk dying than live in a system where you can die because your neighbor made up rumors about you to the secret police or something like that.

I'd be at a disadvantage in Anarchy because I'm autistic and it could make people not want to cooperate with me or give me a chance but I'd still prefer it because no matter what happens we'll be feeling alive. And I trust myself even with some disadvantages to get through this.

[SugarSugarplum]

@Lynx122 That's like asking "would you rather die in the fires of the Sun, or freeze in the cold reaches of outer space?".

You're skipping over a lot of territory in between.

[Lynx122]

@SugarSugarplum wut?

[CCammiee14]

I don't have many uniform thoughts on this, but as somebody who is autistic I was also thinking of it like this. Feel like tyranny would at least provide some predictability and structure in my life which as an autistic person I need to be able to function, and Anarchy I feel like nobody would want to cooperate with me. But I still know that I would want and need the freedom of Anarchy. So yeah I don't know.

[Jerre]

I did not choose either option as that is NOT. the world I would ever want to live in.

[Agape93]

It's not about what you want, it's about which of these is preferable

[Jerre]

Neither is preferable

[Agape93]

Gotta pick one or I'll pick for you

[Agape93]

Congrats you're in anarchy

[Jerre]

@Agape93 Thank you for the MHO

[Kelley1]

Governments are evil and murder forty times more people than individuals. Moreover, without government, people get along. The rare dangerous individuals are punished or eliminated one way or the other.

[mandyfire98]

I'm choosing anarchy and moving in with you

[Agape93]

Good girl

[mandyfire98]

I know where to go in that situation lol

[Agape93]

That's because you're smart

[jshm2]

That's a false dichotomy , dummy. There is always law or rule - even if it's informal or pirates, and can even be a tyrant or tyrants. But no one is ever "forced" to live anywhere, unless under house arrest, but only democracies tend to enforce those (irony, I suppose).

Also the world "tyrant" wasn't always a negative. It's what the original Greek democracies called their leaders.

[Agape93]

Answer the question or shut the fuck up.

[morganherrel]

@jshm2 It's technically not a false dichotomy because it does not presume that those two options are the only two options in fact.

It's exploring a hypothetical that need not actually be the case. Think of it as an "if... then" question, where the sufficient condition need not be satisfied.

But yeah, basically you just chose to be annoying to the asker by not answering her question.

[abc3643]

Never forget what Michael Corleone said in "The Godfather, Part II".

“If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anybody."

Thus, I chose tyrant because you can kill a tyrant if you want to.

[MisterWack]

Okay so…. No law or government
OR tyranny.

Okay so, I could get robbed at anytime & shot and killed at anytime and there is endless rape & disorder……
OR If I follow the rules and have ‘limited’ freedoms I would be safe & live my life how I want it though if I break the law I pay, I take Tyranny then.

[IslaTheWitch]

there is no lawless world... the stronger always forces their laws... so both options lead to the same... the domination of the strongest...

[Nonamez]

I'm voting for absolutely anarchy, like in nature , let's survives the strongest and smartest , in thyrony only one person gets everything, I do not agree with that , everything for one and nothing for the rest , in anarchy at least everyone has a chance , less or more 🤔👀😇

[NathanDavis]

anarchy, would, eventually... give way to some sort of balance, and some sort of stability

tyranny is a constant struggle to deteriorate any sense of balance or stability

[DryGermanGuy]

Tyranny, because everyday things (example: Russia) still work there. With anarchy I can already smell the mountains of garbage and see the rats.

[Agape93]

And the billions of carcasses of weak people :)

[NaultD]

Anarchy is a vacuum and ultimately tyranny will fill in the gap of power.

[Gwendoline]

I think anarchy eventually leads to tyranny as eventually one group seizes power.

[purplepoppy]

Under a tyrant you get one tyrant, in a lawless world there's one in every street.

[Reijen]

Anarchy. Plenty of people will always form associations.

[Snakeyes7]

Treacherous freedom is always better than the tranquility of slavery.

[Snakeyes7]

I was paraphrasing something Thomas Jefferson said.

[GOLDFISH_smile]

Anarchy all the way baby. EZ

[QuietRunner]

most people don't know how to behave properly so in reality people prefer safety over freedom

[Account]

The second.

[Account]

I mean the second from the poll. Anarchy.

[Agape93]

Same

[Account]

Yeah. Not that it would be ideal by today's standards if we take into account the way humans behave due to subpar education and negative social influences. I think it is absolutely certain that people would commit atrocious crimes and in a lot of cases they wouldn't be stopped. But at least there would be a chance in retribution. I think it is better to have freedom, even if there is a huge percentage that I could die in that society, rather than have that freedom be fully suppressed and live like a zombie under a tyrant. At least if I managed to survive I would have the freedom to retribute for however long I survived.

Worst part about anarchy is that it is very possible that at some point during it, someone or a group of charismatic people would manage to win other people's trust and it could end up in tyranny after some point. People have the habit of looking for leadership because they are unable to accept responsibility or to own up to shit. Ah it is a huge discussion.

[Agape93]

Yeap exactly. But thankfully with anarchy, fuck all they can do to stop me from firing a.308 round through their jaw

[SugarSugarplum]

Anarchy would be a constant state of warfare.

[WhitneySnow]

Both sound horrible

[Ms_Facesitter]

Tyranny for me.

[Slim57]

Anarchy