Anarchy is one of those systems that, like proper Communism, is one of those quaint yet ridiculous things that only exists positively in the minds of college freshmen.
Koh Tao, however, is an example you could use of anarchy that actually works. You can do almost anything you want and no one will say anything about it. Want to get to that pizza place by driving the wrong way on a one way street? No problem. Helmet laws and vehicle registration? Ignored. There are two cops on the entire island and all they do is sit around making reports for tourists whose cameras were stolen. You can buy weed at the bars. It’s not Thailand here. It’s like bizarro fantasy land.
So don’t tell those naïve kids about Koh Tao. I don’t want them to have a working example of functioning anarchy when I’m tearing their arguments apart. -jp
