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I hope you know how stupid this sentence sounds to me.
Anarchy is the opposition to hierarchy (or just archy if you're in a hurry). The state is a collection of institutions with the clear purpose of maintaining a divide between the rulers and the ruled. It is by definition archic. Just like capitalism. just like fascism.
The idea that anarchy won't work in the world we live in comes from a lack of faith in people and the future. Sure it will require effort. It will take time to educate people. But to say it's impossible is to give up on the idea of a better world.
I hope you don’t expect me to care. I hope you know that state has more than one meaning. I hope you know that you misunderstood.
You refer to fascists, yes? We agree that fascists exist, yes? Do you expect fascists to agree to be educated in and conform to these ideas? That is one example.
Yeah I guess I did. I just saw that collection of words and my mind jumped to "Lib said dumb thing".
I refer to people. Everybody.
The ones alive right now? Probably not, but who knows. I don't have a solution against the tide of fascism rising in the states. The only one I can think of goes against my principles as a pacifist. But I believe that humans are a result of the conditions they are raised in. Some conditions create fascists, others create anarchists. I just want there to be more of the latter and less of the former.
I hope you know that state has more than one meaning.
I don't see how trying to "create anarchy as a state" can use state in any other meaning.
"create a state of anarchy" would work but that's not how it's phrased.
Looking more at the comment I could also see it as two separate sentences that could also work: "[..] create anarchy. as a state it's [..]". But I jumped to explaining what anarchy is because it's so common for people to not know.