@customdesigned that is a really interesting suggestion about fiction! fiction has to make things more concrete! so you actually spell out things how you think they would happen.

After posting to this thread late last night, I realized how much I hate this colour-coded anarchy. Who said I'm meant to be all anarcho-capitalism, all anarcho-syndicialist, or all anarcho-primitivist?! anarchy is just about having the most fun I think that is gonna be a combination of those - and yes, including anarcho-primitivism! Way easier to get the state off your back if you are prepared to live in a mud hut.

It's also very telling that these stories are set in space. Overthrowing the state is way too hard, so just go where the state isn't. Move into the mountains or the swamp! people have been escaping the state this way as long as states have existed! even yoda! I bet there is a good swamp near you!

Lol, given that some branches of the corporatist networks probably cover the swamp and solar panels are cheap, a software developer can even take their means of production with them...