So how oppressive (and freedom limiting) a system is can entirely depend on the attitudes of the individuals in the hands of the system rather than what the system does? Or do you mean that the system should change entirely to fit those within it so that it can work with all its members to allow them to do what they want to do?
But shouldn't people be allowed to think what others have told them and then infer these thoughts onto others? I assume that what they think started off as belonging to someone who did think for themselves and their purpose to carry the message to those who can critically analyse it themselves is subsequently important. Just because a thought being presented is not presented by the original thinker doesn't necessarily mean that it is any less relevant to any conversation. Or am I reading too far into your word choice?
I feel like the fact that ImmortalPig infers that he is arguing a view he does not hold himself and the fact that you say the arguments of people who just recycle other peoples thought/views rather than arguing their own are not relevant to the conversation contradict the fact that you think we should listen to ImmortalPig talking about thoughts he does not necessarily think are right himself.
Anarchy is not necessarily a crime, it is a simple point of view, in that our governing body is unstable, Old, Corrupted or useless. The want for freedom is the same idea, we are all born to do as we please in life, but we are pressured to abide the 'common way of thinking'. We are told at a young age that to want something is selfish and bad. However that is just brainwashing.
So every government is "freedom-taking", and therefore oppressing.
If you agree to something it isn't oppressing you.
I don't see any particular downside to anarchism. It's essentially just removing bureaucracy and overhead from the system.
It's pretty ridiculous to say there's no downside to a philosophy that advocates the entire removal of state apparatus. Invasions. Weak or nonexistent social programs. Economic monopolization and exploitation. Child labor. Unsanitary food. Absence of coordinated emergency response. No public education.
All of which are not inherent in statism, and non of which are exclusive from statelessness.
FYI you don't have to agree with something to argue for it. This board doesn't function if every thread is a circle jerk...
You meant to say none of which are exclusive from statism, and all of which are not inherent to anarchy.
Which is equally ridiculous. The point is that those are all issues that anarchy needs to address and generally fails to do. "There is no downside to anarchy" is a wildly radical and fringe position that not even its leading theorists would attempt to argue. You will need a great deal more than an empty non sequitur and handwaving to justify it.