Javantea's Fate

Characters

Sensei
Sensei is a model anarchist businessman. You might think that "anarchist businessman" is an oxymoron, but I'd like to explain how a stable anarchy goes. People inside the anarchy still need to survive and are not going to take it from their neighbors without significant retaliation. Thus, we have a system that is governed by itself. Businesses do not rip people off because people will rise up against it if it does. Likewise, if people attack the business, they'll lose the products and services that the business provides. But there are certain exceptions. Businesses that flagrantly assault their customers (Bank of America) or workers (Nike, The Gap, etc) will be overthrown or booted out. There's nothing stopping the people from overthrowing the company. Where does Sensei fit in? He provides the service of a dojo. People who use his service pay him money or counter-services. But isn't money outlawed in an anarchy? Not this one. Is American money illegal in Tijuana? On the contrary. However, bartering is much more important in the anarchy. Each person has a certain product or service and they just give what they can and everyone gets along. Add into the function outsiders. The kids of Scene 2 are a good example. They live in the suburbs of Los Angeles and drive in to the anarchist community and pay money for products (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, music, etc) and services (raves, etc). So they introduce money into the anarchist community and thus the people who receive that money can go out into the UN and buy stuff that they cannot make themselves (rare fruits and vegetables). You may be thinking that this system wouldn't work if the UN wasn't there. Ah, I've thought of that. An anarchist world or country could exist without support of any government. They would simply trade with others. Capitalists know all about the excellent money in trading in places where there are no roads (since before Marco Polo, I guess) but in an anarchy, roads can be maintained as a service by road-workers.

What is vital in an anarchy is trust. Sensei trusts Jav and Jav trusts Sensei. People who fear their neighbors are easily convinced that anarchy is not practical. I beg to differ that governments (as seen clearly here in America) provide no product or service that cannot be duplicated by citizens of an anarchy. The only thing I can think of is repression. They do a fucking wonderful job of that. E-mail me if you think of something.

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