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Democracy is a group of people making a decision for all, Anarchism is an individual making a decision for themselves. I believe the history of warfare has clearly demonstrated intelligence is a much more effective weapon than brute force. That's why humans are the apex predators over say lions, elephants or bears.
Everyone exists first as an individual and then as a member of society, no matter what the organization is. The core principle of democracy is individuals making decisions for themselves and then casting their vote for how the society is to be ruled. The majority of individuals get to decide. The only possible anarchist is the one living outside of society alone in the forest or on an island. An anarchist ceases to be an anarchist the moment he is not alone.
That's preposterous. Did your neighbors decide what you were going to wear today? Did the mailman decide what kind of car you should have? Nietzsche said there's sheep and wolves in society, you can tell who are the sheep because they care what the other sheep think, dress and live as the other sheep live. If you were born into a society with a government established before you were born how can you legitimately consent to be governed? You can't! There's more anarchists than you think.
In a way, yes. The society I live in decided (mailman voted on it) that I can't go in public with my dick hanging out.
But even if I grant you that we are completely free to make personal choices in cases where others are not directly affected (like choosing to eat oranges over bananas) that's not the case when there's disagreement over things that concern people, other than the individual. For example, if you decide you're free to go naked in public I'll find a way to stop you by force. So you're not free to do so.
Nietzsche wasn't an anarchist though. He was reactionary against the ruling system of the day, true, but his elitism and ubermensch mentality (slave master morality he took from Hegel) would never tolerate lack of authority. He was a proponent of Plato's or Hegel's statism (rule of a technocratic elite or a wise leader) which materialized into the totalitarian systems of the 20th century.
You absolutely can, there may be consequences but if no one sees you or no one calls the police you could do so unmolested. A stop sign holds no power. I don't care about how you view Nietzsche, I stated he believed in society there are those that think for themselves (Wolves) and those who do not (Sheep). I can see which I'm talking to.