Is this biased reporting?

[Occhidiangela]

Thus "anarchism," in its most general meaning, is the belief that rulership is unnecessary and should be abolished. The word "anarchy", as most anarchists use it, does not imply chaos or anomie, but rather a stateless society with voluntary social relations.
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You advocated Anarchy in your comment as a preferable system, and have now added clarity of your position. Thanks. :) As I understand your position, you see as a preferable social system Anarchism as you describe it. Problem is, the

Voluntary Social Relations

you appear to hold in such esteem (based on your stated preference by three orders of magnitude for Anarchy over the current societal hermaphrodite we operate under) most often turn IRL, via a positive feedback loop, into Anarchy such as the modest examples I offered to you. I understand your interest in theoretically appealing Utopias, you are in good company with both Plato and Marx on that score. Back in a world where breathing is required, Anarchy, as in a degree of chaos, is what happens when structure, social structure, dissolves. That rarely induces Utopia, thanks to a remarkable absence of Voluntary Social Relations avbailable when the previous social contract is done away with. Life does not allow cut and paste, it requires transition and transformation. Why do you tnink Anarchy as you see it, as a Utopian dissolution of social strucures, is unachievable in both an industrial and post industrial society? For starters, there is the matter of infrastructure.

The evidence is all over the place for how rare such a desirable transformation into "Voluntary Social Relations" is, but feel free to sit in your Ivory Tower and wish it were otherwise. I also wish it were otherwise, social strife is frequently destructive.

I also wish that those who choose to blame an imperfect system could come up with a better, implementable system.

If wishes came true, I'd be happy and you'd be shark bait.

Occhi