If you are an evolutionist . . .

[tolbiny]

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Even so, the evidence isn't very good for arnarchism being a well-adapted form of social organization. Human societies with governments have proven much better at surviving than have anarchies. Growth in human population and technological knowledge have exploded in places with organized states, not in anarchic regions. Groups of organized humans (i.e., states) have historically subsumed or conquered anarchic tribes and regions quite easily. Th following are examples of cultures that flourished, in terms of scientific progress, economic progress, and population growth: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Carthage, the Roman Empire, the Chinese Dynasties, the British Empire (and the other major European powers of the Renaissance), and America. All of them had strong central governments. Can you provide an example of an anarchic society that similarly flourished?

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The largest non military growth periods for these civilizations were during minimal central control times, and the military expansion in each of these situations was a major factor in destroying the prosperity which allowed the military expansion in the first place.