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I mean, being anti-authority is fine, but even if you achieve your stateless society, don't you still want your stateless society to still have traffic co-ordination somehow?
Stateless =/= rule-less
There is some political horseshoe theory that connects "People who cannot stand any kind of authority at all and start shrieking even when a forum mod removes their comments."
It's the weird far-left anarchists and far right libertarians finding common ground in wanting a society where mommy doesn't tell them to not run with scissors. Some of the "sovereign citizens" who make for hilarious Youtube content are sincere in their their irrational hate for any kind of rules and laws.
I have had enough dealings with these folks that I have a pretty strong opinion that nobody has been able to change, that these folks just have serious authority issues and do not give a shit about a broader society and are just mad at their parents.
They are the absolute worst people you could ever have as neighbors. I sometimes think we should drive them into the sea via mobs with torches.
edit: let me double down - if you get angry at the idea of authority (not considering the enforcers or management of that authority, which is a separate thing) you need to be driven into the sea via mobs with torches. We need systems and rules and taxes for a functional society. Work on changing the way that society enforces and motivates people to follow those rules instead of blindly lashing out at anything designed to keep people safe.
I don't think sov civs actually have a problem with rules or authority. I think they are deeply insecure in the fact that they don't understand the rules so they make up new ones that they believe to be absolute and above all else.
They believe like dogma in this shit like the maritime flag with stripes and a court with that flag gets magically invalidated so they don't have to follow any rulings. They get a feeling of control when they understand the rules even when the rules are imaginary.
Civic religion, but make it gnostic.