Anarchism

The belief that all governments are evil, corrupt, self-serving, blah blah blah, and should be abolished. Anarchism is founded on the ideal that humans will cooperate peacefully without government or any authority whatsoever, and won't be tempted to, oh, I don't know, say...take whatever they want or kill whoever they want without repercussion, as there would be no codes in place to stop them other than "Killing is mean, we should work together blah blah blah". Simply put, it won't work. It's an extremely naive form of idealism (but hey, aren't ALL forms of idealism pretty much naive?) Anyone with a decent education or understanding of life will see the glaring flaw: People for the most part will NOT work together in some great harmonious being filled with sunshine and puppy dogs and flowers. When order is removed, it's natural human instinct to revert back to the "Look out for number one" line of thought. After all, in a lawless, government-less world, you look out for yourself and your family only to survive. Anyone else is a liability, a threat, and a drain on your resources that keep you and your family going. There can be no society without rules. Any person who has common sense will form rules and codes to ensure the survival of the group, if there is a group. These groups become settlements/towns, and these rules become laws. Thus government is born anew. If it were a perfect world, anarchism might work. But then again, if it were a perfect world, most other governments and religions would work just as well. As we all know, it's not a perfect world, and won't ever BE a perfect world. Anarchism is naiveity, I don't care HOW many "thumbs down" I get for saying it.