This is heavily promoted by mainstream media and language
Anarchists are pacifist
Many people seem unable to comprehend how a community might defend itself without a standing military and so assume we must be unwilling to defend ourselves.
Nothing can be accomplished without coercion
Because most of us have grown up within strict hierarchies coerced to do things we don’t want, we have trouble imagining any other way.
Anti-anarchist pretty much think
This is heavily promoted by mainstream media and language
Many people seem unable to comprehend how a community might defend itself without a standing military and so assume we must be unwilling to defend ourselves.
Because most of us have grown up within strict hierarchies coerced to do things we don’t want, we have trouble imagining any other way.
This is probably projection in most cases