Please see this subsection of An Anarchist FAQ. In particular, in the extraordinarily rare cases where “forcefully isolating them from society” is the only sensible solution (which is rare even in modern carceral societies, so I expect to be even rarer in anarchist societies), this does not necessarily mean creating a prison complex and keeping the offender in a cage!
Precisely how this will work will be determined by free people based on the circumstances they face. All we can do is sketch out likely possibilities and make suggestions.
So they have no idea how to actually confront significant anti social backlash
We absolutely do have ideas on how to confront antisocial backlash, and in fact some ideas are discussed on the page and in the references. It’s just that we’re not willing to impose “solution A is the only right solution” or “solution B always works” because anarchist societies are to be worked out by the free people for the people based on each community’s unique circumstances.
There are no large-scale anarchist societies because capitalism and state are constantly destroying even small-scale anarchist and other leftist projects through sheer numbers and force. We actually did have large-scale anarchist societies in Spain and Ukraine.
Well in all fairness you do need to be able to defend your society from external threats or it is not a viable society, at least while those external threats exist
Prison
laborshould not bea business.How would you deal with someone who is causing harm to others and can’t be rehabilitated then, if not by forcefully isolating them from society?
Please see this subsection of An Anarchist FAQ. In particular, in the extraordinarily rare cases where “forcefully isolating them from society” is the only sensible solution (which is rare even in modern carceral societies, so I expect to be even rarer in anarchist societies), this does not necessarily mean creating a prison complex and keeping the offender in a cage!
So they have no idea how to actually confront significant anti social backlash
We absolutely do have ideas on how to confront antisocial backlash, and in fact some ideas are discussed on the page and in the references. It’s just that we’re not willing to impose “solution A is the only right solution” or “solution B always works” because anarchist societies are to be worked out by the free people for the people based on each community’s unique circumstances.
I guess that’s also why there are no anarchist societies
There are no large-scale anarchist societies because capitalism and state are constantly destroying even small-scale anarchist and other leftist projects through sheer numbers and force. We actually did have large-scale anarchist societies in Spain and Ukraine.
Well in all fairness you do need to be able to defend your society from external threats or it is not a viable society, at least while those external threats exist
Good thing anarchists don’t oppose being able to defend ourselves from monsters. 🙂
If all of the criminals are locked up in a psychiatric ward, what makes that any better than prison?
At least in prison, the guards aren’t allowed to drug you without your consent.
That’s…not what I said.
Yisss!