For anarchism to work, there has to be similar enough values and cultures among different communities to trust each other. But the world is too diverse at the moment for that to happen. I mean, anarchism is possible like the Fremens in Dune, but it would take a long time for a planetary wide cultural convergence to allow anarchism to thrive.

One could argue that most of the people who want to go all Mad Max do in fact break the law to do so, and are now in jail. Or do you think that disturbed people who want to do harm to the general populace don't exist?

I think it's a bit straw-man-y to say that people who argue that "without law there would be chaos" are saying they want chaos. In fact, it's the opposite. There is clearly some minority slice of humanity that just wants to cause others harm, and we need some sort of structure/order to keep those people from causing harm. I find that most people advocating for anarchy don't really have a good answer to how we handle antisocial behavior.

I mean it wouldn't devolve into mad max (at least not for long) because people would naturally organize into some sort of structure (like a government). This happens every time IRL.

I wonder how the Venn Diagram would look of people who believe anarchy = mass killing and lack of religion = mass killing.

What happens when someone selfishly refuses to contribute to the common good? Or worse, actively attempts to disrupt it?

While your version of anarchy works on a micro level amongst friends, unfortunately, it would not work on a macro national level. Or even state level. Or even city level.

You're also basically describing voting. People come together and express their opinion and the opinion with the most support wins.

So, not anarchism.

I don't actually want them to die. That was obvious sarcasm as creating an alternate reality isn't....real. But it's not like I was saying we should send them to a concentration camp. I just want them to live under the conditions they desire so they can experience it utterly fail, because of course it would, and then come crawling back to contribute to society in a meaningful way.

I think you have a VERY warped view of native american history. These people had entire cities, there was definitely tribal hierarchy and I'm gonna be real (although I blame the education system, not you) but the perception that they were just wandering around in structureless harmony is wrong and kinda racist.

Interesting how your first thought is murder, isn’t it?

Lol. My scenario included literal magic. Literal magic to create an alternate reality. I know people be dumb and that's why you have to use /s when you're being sarcastic on the internet, but I thought people would grasp that a literal magical scenario was sarcastic. Guess I gave you too much credit. To be clear, I want them to suffer under the conditions they want for everyone else so they can hopefully learn and be less ignorant going forward.

it’s how every human society worked before agriculture

So when people used to raid other settlements and rape, murder, and enslave the occupants and take their resources for their own and you'd be lucky to live to 40 and it was probably a pretty painful 40 years. Great example you've got there. Sounds like a sweet reality to live in. Pre-agriculture human life was short and largely comprised of suffering.

it’s just decentralized tribes at the end of the day.

Yes, modern civilization with 8+ billion people is just tribes. Very simple. It's all just very simple in your mind, isn't it?

The only difference now would be that you know what antibiotics and crop rotations are.

Yes, those are the only differences....

I think that you're not wrong, but the historical way that these societies have handled antisocial behavior is via lynchings. I don't know that this model works if you don't bring back lynchings, which I personally find unpalatable.