Jamesican Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hi, I've messaged on here before, but not under this topic. Anyway, if there was no government in the (former) United States, how would other nations with a form of government contact an anarchist society. If they needed to address the society as a whole, who would they contact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laforge Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Could you make your question a bit more specific; i guess my question is: what would be a relevant thing to tell/ask from an anarchist country as a whole? If the statist country wants to do business, say: buy cars, then they could directly contact the anarchist car manufacturer. No licenses required and no mafia lord has to be consulted for permission (but i repeat myself :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWMA Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 tongue-in-cheek: the way they'd contact the anarchist society is with guns. That is if there is anything valuable to be stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labmath2 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 An easy one is extradition. Who would they ask about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalTeabagger Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 It's actually not a bad question. I don't think you can contact anyone that way. It's kind of an advantage because it illustrates how difficult a large enough anarchist society would be to take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegahero09 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Perhaps the other states would contact a news agency within the anarchist society. Any threats though I'm sure would be lost on them. The explosion of defensive technologies and services would counter any hope of invasion or take-over I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Unplugged Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Why would a foreign government need to 'Address the society as a whole'? Do foreign governments currently have that need? Have they ever attempted that before? Sure, they sometimes have a need to address other governments, but that is not akin to addressing the whole society. Also, most of reasons for communication between governments only exist because governments exist. However; Say the Russian government wants to get a message out to the US general population. I would suggest following Mcdonalds lead. When Mcdonalds wants the population to know that they are bringing out a new burger, they buy advertising space on TV and newspapers etc. It is a tried and tested method for disseminating information quickly amongst a large number of people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesican Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Could you make your question a bit more specific; i guess my question is: what would be a relevant thing to tell/ask from an anarchist country as a whole? If the statist country wants to do business, say: buy cars, then they could directly contact the anarchist car manufacturer. No licenses required and no mafia lord has to be consulted for permission (but i repeat myself :-) Why would a foreign government need to 'Address the society as a whole'? Do foreign governments currently have that need? Have they ever attempted that before? Sure, they sometimes have a need to address other governments, but that is not akin to addressing the whole society. Also, most of reasons for communication between governments only exist because governments exist. However; Say the Russian government wants to get a message out to the US general population. I would suggest following Mcdonalds lead. When Mcdonalds wants the population to know that they are bringing out a new burger, they buy advertising space on TV and newspapers etc. It is a tried and tested method for disseminating information quickly amongst a large number of people. To do business, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WasatchMan Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Advertising? Internet? Mail? Megaphone? Skywriting? All of these don't require a master-slave relationship, so I would say they would have to think of ways that don't involve using guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesican Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Perhaps the other states would contact a news agency within the anarchist society. Any threats though I'm sure would be lost on them. The explosion of defensive technologies and services would counter any hope of invasion or take-over I'm sure. That's a smart idea. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaviesMa Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If you are talking about extradition, it would most likely contact a DRO to see if they would release the person to the custody of that government however I am guessing that would be a big fat no. I suppose the military or the protection agencies for the anarchist society would be one major area where there may need to be a mass co operation if a country was to become belligerant to the anarchist area, which I could envision quite easily. This would be worked out by a market mechanism, maybe the defence agency would have a set policy, maybe they would (god forbid) have a member vote for different courses of action, it would be unlikely to be an issue if the defence agency had a nuclear weapon. (I don't think a nuclear country has ever been invaded?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luxfelix Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The historical example of the Dutch crowned republic (Stadtholderate) comes to mind: Either the title owner of the land in question (or holders through a company etc.) would serve as the placeholder for government contact, and/or companies specifically dedicated to diplomacy. Those with high diplomatic capacity (and expertise of knowledge and skill in foreign affairs) could sell their services as advisory/consultancy firms. Perhaps these companies could also double as travel agencies? Also, as an alternate defense against invasion: Get the leaders of the world's governments to become investors and clients of the anarchic societies' banks and industries etc. and you'll create an environment where one nation's plans to invade will be met with resistance by every other nation conducting business there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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