Albul wrote:Sociobiology wrote: not it doesn't work with a thousand people because the familiarity based social control used by band societies does not work with large numbers of people (~150-300), once you get to a thousand people you need laws and enforcement to maintain social order (as in basic civility), thus it is not anarchy.
anarchy's problems are fundamental and intrinsic, not a matter of popularity.
The people can make laws, which would really be social constructs or actual laws, depending on the community. Also, "anarchy" and "law" are not mutually exclusive. As for the order, it is simple; the people can maintain order.
law is different then codes of conduct, law is enforced, you don't get to break it because you disagree with it, whereas small groups you common codes of conduct enforced by coercive social pressure.
law means specialists, which means hierarchy, which means not anarchy.
the societies with laws are states and chiefdoms.
the people can only maintain order in small groups, we rely on intimate knowledge of the person to anticipate, punish and discourage violation, which is limited by Dunbar's number. large population means formal specialized enforcement.
the people can make laws, (although not well if the population is large) but the people can not enforce law effectively except in small groups.