how would criminal activity be dealt with in a stateless society?

[wtfsvi]

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This society's expensive/violent punishment, no matter how ineffective it might be, is still a hell of a lot more useful than a system where the only consequence of slaughtering other humans is to have people not want to hang out with you. Large apes of humans dont beat the [censored] out of smaller wealthier citizens on a daily basis for a reason, and that reason is this violent/expensive law enforcement system. I'm sure tons of apes wouldnt think twice to bust up any of us on a whim if the only thing stopping them was a dishonorable reputation.

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Shunning is not the only consequence violent criminals would have to fear in this stateless society. I asked wtfsvi this in an earlier post, if an individual is physically threatened they are allowed to use force back, so any violent criminal has to consider that he might just get his ass kicked.

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the point of my reply was not to suggest that protection in a stateless society would look anything like current govt.. it was to illustrate the current situation and how bad it is so we can then move forward to the stateless alternatives..

sorry if my sarcasm went unnoticed.

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No need to apologize, I'm bad at teh interwebs, so I didn't pick up on it.