should I do an article compare/contrast-ing merovingian/carolingian francia with the ideal of ancapistan
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really tho the main effect is with a stateless society you get incredibly strong personal bonds of blood and oath, wholly private law oriented around recompense rather than order...
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...constant warfare and social preeminence of the warrior, division of kingdoms as patrimony and property without regard for the residents thereof...
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...hermetic religious orders and secretive guilds. essentially a landscape of intensely tribal communities, though none with real preeminence
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increasingly convinced the power of the state to enforce norms evenly across a populace is what creates the neutral space that allows the "individual" to emerge...
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...whereas without the "monopoly" you get greater diversity and relative strength of groups but belonging to and hewing close to a group becomes a practical necessity
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Replying to @alicemazzy
in relatively stateless places today (tribal pakistan, gangs that operate outside the law within states) this is still true
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yea I was idly wondering how somalia compares actually
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idk how well it maps though, afaik it's much more pastoral than agricultural so controlling territory might not have the same value for warlords
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