American Anarchism American anarchism is a product of the extremes of liberalism on both the left and right. When something good takes its extreme, it can become bad. This happens when everyone is equal and no one can control you. When there is no one in power, everything descends into chaos. When the left loses control of speech, and the right loses control of borders. When millions have no consensus on anything other than the First and Second Amendments, what follows is clamor and shooting. This anarchist liberalism, prevalent in 21st-century America, is a mirror image of 20th-century European totalitarian movements. It goes far beyond minimalism, reaching the abyss of anarchism. The internet pushes everything to extremes, to its logical endpoint, and anarchism is no exception. It's less about the existence of evil states, and more about the absence of evil states. If assembly line production led millions of men to march in formation under Stalin and Hitler, then smartphones have led millions of men to be suspicious of everyone and deaf to everyone. Chinese Control The most dangerous response to American anarchy would be Chinese control. China would export drones and surveillance equipment to countries seeking to maintain order. Of particular concern is the possibility that Western Europe, Canada, California, and other Democratic-governed states would likely use Chinese surveillance systems to repress their populations in order to adapt to post-dollar Western societies. While China often claims it has no interest in exporting its political model, the internal surveillance systems it currently sells to many countries inherently contain a political model. This model is *to some extent* effective for China itself, as it knows how to bypass the Great Firewall. And as Chinese citizens, they possess *a certain* degree of discretion. However, when this Chinese-style surveillance system is applied abroad, it appears remarkably alien and authoritarian. A surveillance system designed for 1.4 billion Chinese people could easily confine a Western European country or a blue-state in the US (say, with a population of 20 million) to a very narrow and unnatural scope. This could lead to a disastrous feedback loop: the reaction to Chinese control (the existence of a hostile state) could, in turn, exacerbate American anarchy (the absence of a hostile state). More repression, more retaliatory attacks, and the cycle repeats endlessly. Ultimately, the American Midwest will resemble the Middle East. In fact, this may already be the case, although you might need a shift in perspective to imagine a scenario around 2030 where a Chinese-backed blue state is suppressing a red state. China itself will be completely unconcerned, comfortably behind its firewall, leisurely sipping its green tea. The level of Chinese attention to major American events is akin to an American in the 2000s walking through an airport and seeing disaster footage on a television screen. "I feel sorry for them," he thinks sympathetically, watching explosions on the other side of the world. Then, he goes on with his life. Today, much of Asia feels the opposite: America appears chaotic on screen, and they simply stop to watch as they walk through airports. With most manufacturing having moved out of the US, the rest of the world doesn't need to intervene to rebuild order. They will simply stand by and watch. In short, the situation for the US, Canada, and Western Europe is likely quite dire. The ultimate outcome of the Western sovereign debt crisis will not be a golden age of hard currency, but rather a dark age and difficult times. Internet intermediaries However, there is always a way out. One such way is for the millions who want neither American-style anarchy nor Chinese-style control to find their ideal community and apply to join.