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 Good rule of thumb: If you cannot name any historic examples of your preferred system of government succeeding in the past, it’s unlikely to succeed in the present.

This is true of both Communism and Anarchism, but is not true of a Minarchism or Monarchism. https://image.nostr.build/557c0637becc4996be7c918a09fa10b784ec54701605a999124c63d745637e99.jpg  
 Not to mention, Anarcho-capitalism is an oxymoron. 
 Worth noting also: There are no historic examples of direct democracies succeeding. 
 @Myrddin 
 Thought that was Bukele for a sec