Another interesting discussion of Somalia is in the comments here, http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=975#comments , where Eric discusses how Somalia isn’t as bad as he would have expected given what he had previously thought the necessary prerequisites for a successful anarchy to be.
Doesn’t Somalia simply have lots of mini-dictators in the form of local warlords and strongmen, instead of actual anarchy? In other words, something more like the feudalism that evolved in Europe after the fall of Rome, or Japan’s Warring States period? (At least, that’s what I’d assume you’d have, in the absence of a central authority: lots of little, local authorities.)
Another interesting discussion of Somalia is in the comments here, http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=975#comments , where Eric discusses how Somalia isn’t as bad as he would have expected given what he had previously thought the necessary prerequisites for a successful anarchy to be.
Doesn’t Somalia simply have lots of mini-dictators in the form of local warlords and strongmen, instead of actual anarchy? In other words, something more like the feudalism that evolved in Europe after the fall of Rome, or Japan’s Warring States period? (At least, that’s what I’d assume you’d have, in the absence of a central authority: lots of little, local authorities.)