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Comment author: rpmcruz 31 January 2016 08:41:24PM 1 point [-]

The system you described requires someone to be on top.

For a more elaborate response, see Animal Farm. :)

Comment author: gjm 01 February 2016 12:56:32AM -1 points [-]

I didn't describe a system.

What you're saying seems to be a fully general counterargument against all forms of government. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that -- anarchism is a real thing, after all -- but you're not going to be taken seriously if you suggest that anything other than anarchism must be wrong because Stalin ran a government.