Episode 6.39: Does Ramsey theory tell us what kinds of order social systems must exhibit?

There is more than a sense in which anarchism even interpreted with the very best of intentions seems to present us with insuperable difficulties when we consider the possibility that groups, individuals or even whole nations might take advantage of it in order to come and “steal our stuff”. Can anything be done about this? What are the minimal levels of leadership and order, of power and social hierarchy necessary to sustain a society?