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Doesn't sound like anarchism to me, but to an idealized form of democracy that's unattainable. Anarchism literally means a form of societal organization without rulers and authorities, a free for all, where the power of government is relativized in each person (since each person is their own master, right?). Why would anyone care what the other anarchists want or think? The only rule in such a case is the threat of violence and might makes right.
Don't believe everything you are told. Anarchism
I don't refer to anything, I'm just coming to logical conclusions based on what you're telling me.
The point I'm getting at is that true anarchism is a performative contradiction, because some basic rules and hierarchy of authority is presupposed in any society. Now if you call some libertarian rule-based government anarchy that runs contrary to what anarchy represents. It's still people agreeing to give authority to another person or institution over themselves. This is what democracy is in theory although not in practice.
Governments derive the legitimacy of their authority from the consent of the governed, if a government does not have the consent of the governed it is by definition an illegitimate authority. What basic rules are you referring to?
You just described the principles of democracy in theory.
The most basic rule if other are absent is might makes right so the most powerful individual (or group, but groups represent societies within societies) will rule over the rest.