What you’re describing is the current state of the world
Yes and no.
Yes in that international relations are considered to operate on a standard of ‘anarchy’ in that sense.
No insofar as human society has developed numerous divisions and organizations of power to prevent “Gun vs. Gun” being the main determinator of results in almost all domestic situations.
Personally, I’m not too thrilled about the idea of “States, but we restart everyone at city-state level for that high-grade endemic warfare”
Anarchist confederations make much more sense, but they run into the question of what the fundamental difference between them and a state is.
At least with a centralized body, you might get lucky and get one that has the best interest in mind for the entire group. And they can use their bigger guns to scare away those who would not have the best interest in mind.
What you’re describing is the current state of the world
Yes and no.
Yes in that international relations are considered to operate on a standard of ‘anarchy’ in that sense.
No insofar as human society has developed numerous divisions and organizations of power to prevent “Gun vs. Gun” being the main determinator of results in almost all domestic situations.
Personally, I’m not too thrilled about the idea of “States, but we restart everyone at city-state level for that high-grade endemic warfare”
Anarchist confederations make much more sense, but they run into the question of what the fundamental difference between them and a state is.
More like describing humanity.
Was there ever a time when it wasn’t like that?
At least with a centralized body, you might get lucky and get one that has the best interest in mind for the entire group. And they can use their bigger guns to scare away those who would not have the best interest in mind.