And when you get a little older you will read more things (one might hope) and you'll think even more differently.

The Paris commune

The zapatistas

Other

None of this addresses my point at all.

Human brains evolved to operate in small societies and, barring extreme circumstances, we do real well in a world where 99% of the population dies within 10 miles of their birthplace. It's when social networks grow beyond 150 or so people that things really start to break down. That's not an issue for ancient societies, but that's toothpaste out of the tube. We aren't going back to that unless the human population falls to a tiny fraction of what it is now.

I share a dislike of hierarchy and think that we could have a whole lot less of it than we do now. If an anarchist society would actually function in the modern world, it would be a lot closer to my vision of a just society than our current world is. I think anarchist philosophy makes arguments worth making, but actual mass implementation is ridiculous. Frankly, I see it as a way for edgy Internet philosophers to excuse them from actual political activism on fronts that might actually do some good.