POLITICS

[Ghieri]

I don't think one guy alone could ruin anarchism. It's like saying one bicycler is going to ruin bicycling for everyone else. How exactly would that work?

By "That one guy" he means every druglord, kingpin, murderer, child rapist, arsonist, trafficker, and low-life thug.

Yeah, give those guys no rules, see what happens.

Sorry, you're one letter off there.

If a society ceased to be ruled over, the lower criminals in the society (the ones not in the government) would have to deal with far harsher consequences for violating the property rights of others, as there wouldn't be a way to survive by skipping court dates and living in jail for shortened amounts of time. First, they would have to make sure no one knew of the crime they were committing, which makes criminality far more difficult. Second, there would be (presumably) no megaprisons, so you wouldn't have somewhere to be sheltered and fed after having be found out.

Besides that, the state actually profits from criminals because they then have an excuse to extort more money from the general working population. It is in their best interest to continue spreading criminality, through ridiculous drug laws, falsely arresting people and creating criminals through state funded institutions. Plus, the government itself is fundamentally predicated on the initiation of force, which is the base of all criminality. Murderer initiates the use of force. Rapist initiates the use of force. Arsonist initiates the use of force. The government initiates the use of force. Saying you're protected by the government is like saying you're protected by the mafia. It's just what they tell you.

You're missing the point, the kingpins will be wanting to seize power, so they will hire the previously mentioned assholes of society to do their dirty work.

Gotham city exists in it's state because the city bends to the will of criminals like Black mask. It's a fictional city, but is a scary accurate representation of what would happen in a FFA society.