The way we live today is really completely UNnatural, as we have plenty of anthropological proof that the conceptual foundations that civilization functions on, such as property, are completely alien to indigenous ways of life, which as I mentioned before is how the first 98% of human history was lived. Civilization developed in certain ways according to changes in circumstances, not according to some fact of human nature.
This is simply not true. Many animals form "pacts" and attack other opposing pacts. These pacts are often dominated by an individual that has power over the rest. Birds construct nests which they claim as property and defend from other birds.
We are natural animals, and anything we do can be considered part of nature in the same way birds build nests. So our societies, cities etc are in no way contradictory to nature.
Declaring anything to be unnatural is not an argument.
but we know what happened to Aaron Schwartz when he tried to download an academic database for free distribution.
By freely distributing this information, you have possibly allowed another country to further increase their control and restrict your freedom. Whilst I believe in free speech etc, this is not such an unreasonable viewpoint to have, and it is not a one-sided debate.
So restrict Aaron Schwartz's freedom, or risk having your freedom diminished. Because external influences are something that any anarchy could not ignore.
For the record, I am trying to present situations where anarchy would not work. Where limiting someones freedom is simply not a choice and people will have to have their freedom limited in some form and someone is going to have to make that decision. There are quite a number of these situations.
Our own forum is somewhat anarchistic. Toady is admin, but he doesn't do that much in overall policing or rule-making.
The forum is basically an absolute autocratic dictatorship which just happens to have a really nice and lenient dictator. Toady has absolute power over the whole forum and can exercise it at his will. He permits you to post, you have no right to.
If everyone decided to do something with the forum, they could not without Toady.
Humans don't have instincts dude. Choice invalidates them.
Reflex vs. Instinct
"Examples of instinctive behaviors in humans include many of the primitive reflexes, such as rooting and suckling, behaviors which are present in mammals."
Then you remember the rest of the world has some pretty loopy people in it.
An interesting point. What would an anarchist society do when faced with a crazy dictator. This dictator has the advantage of allowing his soldiers no choice in what they are told to do, which results in a much more reliable and efficient millitary.