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A thought experiment. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Imagine you are a person fighting in an anarchist revolt. You have captured a sizeable chunk of land but the front line has grown too large and you can't progress further. The state that you have been fighting approaches you with an offer: They recognise you as a sovereign (however that would look like) entity but you have to give away most of the land you've captured. They will leave you with the primary city and enough surrounding land to feed everyone.

What would be your position? Would you be willing to make a deal with the state?

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[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The offer like this should either have guaranties implied or is not worth considering. What would those be?

Also, by offering this, they already recognize you as sovereign; it's time to loudly make this public and get support from some other countries/rally more people for your cause!

Thus, I find this scenario either extremely unprobable, either the state is losing so badly you are about to win, or it's a clear trap.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

guarantees

How the fuck do you trust those?

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Exactly; they make an offer, they need to come up with something they honestly do not want to lose. I have no idea what they could reasonably offer in modern world. In older times people had firstborns and such, now everyone is just a cynical asshole who could sell their soul for 0.01% profit margin. But maybe they want the peace for real, and get creative... at least something to consider and give a laugh.

Remember: the peace is always made with an enemy.

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