[quote=@catchamber]
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It's not even about alternate Earths, but what historical records can reveal to us. As far as I know, writing as we know it didn't form until around the 4th millennium BCE, while the Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 BCE. This means that we only have access to distinct texts for only about 50% of human civilization's existence, and the amount of recoverable texts exponentially declines as we go as far back as possible. With such long and wide gaps, anarchist societies flourishing across much of the world during the first half of human civilization's history is well within the realm of possibility.[/quote]

Well it depends on what you define as anarchy I suppose. If you include small tribes of only a few hundred or possibly even less than a hundred being the largest association in which people live (as opposed to modern states encompassing tens or hundreds of millions), then sure, most of human existence has been total anarchy. Even these small tribes may have a hierarchy of authority however. And it's not very useful as an argument for anarchy in the modern day anyways, since this form of existence began to steadily decline and give way to larger kingdoms and such as soon as humanity made enough military advancements to start conquering and exploiting in an organized fashion. To make it viable again you'd need to return us to the stone age somehow.

[quote]I don't mind people, but I'd rather not need them. Also, if IVF + IVG + gene/gamete storage becomes ubiquitous, asocial humans with the means to diversify their descendants' genetics can easily exist alongside social humans that are apparently hyperdependent on their civilizations. If they aren't wiped out and have their genes systematically purged and/or banned from being used, they wouldn't be removed from the gene pool.
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Plus the Internet makes the hermit lifestyle much more viable, in terms of being physically isolated at least, since you can get your social interaction from your screens. For the time being a government is still necessary to do this within, however, or at least highly preferable. For most if not all people born into first world countries, it would be more trouble to set up some kind of independent self-sustaining compound than to just pay your taxes and get on with things. And you still can't be assured of your safety from the nearest large state (i.e. those ranchers who thought they were going to declare themselves "sovereign citizens" on U.S. land).