Hi, my name is Patrick. I’m 15 years old and I currently live in a Black Bandana commune. As you may know, Anarchy has finally been accepted as a valid and respectable “government”. Organizations such as the Black Bandana make sure that other countries don’t mess with the small towns that are run on a trust system or more properly known as Anarchy. These small towns are shut off from other society’s and national governments. Let me show you around what I call home. We do a lot of things that may be different or socially unacceptable in your country or government. Things like working and making money, schooling, and law making as well as political decisions in general. All of these concepts are run on trust and equality.
Nobody in our town has to work, but the people who live here are smart enough to know that they need to work together to survive. People go to outside colleges to learn a trait that they can be of use of in the commune. Before someone goes to work, they get interviewed to make sure they won’t try to tear down the Anarchist system. This is the only form of inequality ever experienced in town. Once they are positive that these people are qualified, then they are allowed to work. If someone can’t make it to work then anyone can volunteer to fill the gap. The interview’s are used to make sure that this person won’t try to mess anything up. They don’t have set work times, the workers just trust some people to show up. Because they volunteer you may wonder how money is used in the town. We have a flow of money that is recycled in both the shops and the townspeople who don’t work. This makes it so people have money to buy food and the workers can order more food for the shops. The money flowing through the town allows the townspeople thrive and interact with other nations. Most of the shops are also pay-what-you-want so if someone is having difficulty with money, they can pay what they can afford at the moment. This trust system can make or break the town depending on the people. Especially since we constantly get protesters that feel Anarchy should never be allowed in a nation or a small town. These protesters often try to get into work and destroy the pay-what-you-want business. This is one of the other forms of inequality that has to be used. We send them on there way and make sure they never come back. The other types of people that come are to utilize our schools. These schools are designed to let the children or adults in it, come up with the profession they desire. The school I go to in my commune has initial classes on History, Math, Language, and Science. After about five optional years worth of classes at an age you want, you can choose to go into independent learning. Some of the kids would rather go to a school in which they are always taught the initial classes so they go to boarding school. Our town accepts this and lets them go. The other kids try to teach themselves a trait based on what they enjoyed. These interest vary from Psychology all the way to being a Lawyer. The teachers are there so they can aid the students with books and research. The teachers never force any work upon them but the students still need help from them. This convinces students to stick to their passion even if it gets hard. I’ve been working in Production and writing. I want the world to read and watch my work and leave with a new perspective on life. The teachers in English help me to work on grammar and sentence structure, etc. I even had a chance to help a friend in a play which helped me to understand what production feels like ( Not Related but Thanks Meg). This just goes to show that a country doesn’t need all-around classes to get kids into good jobs. All you need is an aid and experience in the field you want to go to. Sure it doesn’t always work, but if you stick to what you love, “proper schooling” won’t be needed. Political leaders could also be a thing of the past if everyone followed our method of decision making. Sure we don’t have laws in our town and that may seem a bit chaotic to you, but we make it work. We function largely on a trust system but sometimes people have to go. If someone decides to mass-murder everyone then we work together to make him/her leave. Sure it isn’t complete Anarchy but it sometimes has to be done. However when we want to expand or improve the town, we go to the Town Hall and have an open discussion. Everyone with a thought shares it, and people (on their own time) try to make it a reality. It may get a bit hard especially if the idea doesn’t work but we try to sift through the ideas. Once that is done some people volunteer to work for the proposed good ideas. If it is a building project, depending on what it is, takes about a year or so. Other projects like community service take as long as they need to. We never leave anything before it’s finished to prevent an overflow of projects. I find it to be very efficient and it keeps everyone happy with where they are living. If people don’t get a chance to share their ideas, then a commune like ours could never work. As you can tell, our commune has a few negatives and difficulties but so do neighboring nations. On a national scale, Anarchy could never work but our town makes it. Even if it seems unorthodox we still thrive with 100% equality. No leaders, No officials, No President, No Representatives, nothing. We may never be socially accepted as a respectable government but as long as we have this chance to live in this town, we are all happy. I love the jobs people volunteer for, the school I go to, and the political decisions we all have a say in. Sure I would like to change a few things but I still love this town. -Jack
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Jack OgilvieJack Ogilvie is 16 years old. He enjoys writing about Anarchy and occasionally gives into the angst of a cynical high school student, so a willing to receive criticism audience is needed. Archives
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