the actual political spectrum.
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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.
I'm a sheep because I point out your sophist bullcrap, right.
Being able to do something and being free (like having a right) to do something are different things. That's like saying you're free to kill and rape, but there will be consequences. Or even better and more relevant - "you're free not to get the covid gene-shot, but there will be consequences, chud". Would you call that freedom?
I wonder to what extend you live up to your philosophy irl? Are you a ubermensch lone wolf sigma male? Are you the master of your destiny? Are you completely independent? Do you work for yourself or for someone else?
You think being free is a right granted to you by a higher authority such as a government and that is the antithesis of Anarchism.
No, I don't do rights. You have "rights" until they are taken away by whoever gave them to you. I'm describing how society functions. It's an "is" claim not an "ought" claim. People organize in such and such fashion and every single society gives rise to hierarchies and authorities naturally. Anarchism as societal organization is a pipe dream. As I said, you can only be an anarchist by yourself (which is meaningless because anarchism presupposes you live in society).