Before anyone gets the wrong idea, no, I’m not talking about the movie/show The Watchmen. I’m referring to the ancient philosophical question “quis custodiet ipsos custodes” or “who watches the watchmen”. Go read up on that elsewhere.

For those of you who don’t know and need a summary here, it’s a question often posed in reference to the fact that the person or people in charge of making sure the rules are honored have nothing preventing them from disobeying the rules. There’s never anything preventing the person guarding your treasure from stealing some of the treasure, for example.

What’s the best remedy to this that you can think of?

    • @[email protected]
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      12 hours ago

      Can you give a link or description how anarchy counts be implement in a easy there is resilient to a subverted centralization of power that does not truly on an active majority?

      Because we don’t have that, sadly. And I’ve never seen a concept that takes a silent and passive majority into consideration.

      • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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        22 days ago

        Tell me you don’t know anything about anarchism without saying it

        • @NewNewAccount
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          21 day ago

          What’s your definition of anarchism? How do you see it playing out?

        • Rikudou_Sage
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          11 day ago

          Found some definition:

          the organization of society on the basis of voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government

          So, what makes me or anyone else voluntarily cooperate? What happens if I don’t?