You seem to be consistently misunderstanding me. Did you seriously think what I meant was “me and this sewage guy are gonna singlehandedly fight off 5 armed men”? That’s fucking absurd. What I actually meant was we would obviously have armed guards protecting valuables vulnerable to theft, like any other organized society.

Anarchism is the absence of hierarchy, not organization. The means of the people to use force against violent attempts at theft for personal gain are neither eliminated nor lessened.

If all that stands between me and the beginning of a society with no oppression is strapping some gear on and doing some manual labor, then fuck it gimme a pickaxe I’m going down there.

Am I suited for it? Absolutely the fuck not, but I’m willing, and I’m sure many others are as well, especially if they know that whatever happens, their safety and health comes before profit, and they’ll always come back to a good place. I could certainly stand working until things begin to hurt if I knew every bit I dug up would do good.

If it’s necessary, someone will do it. If that can’t be counted on, we’re kinda fucked.