Government is invariably oppressive and is used by the powerful solely to maintain the status quo. Also a key problem, is technology. Society and technology have not been allowed to progress at the same pace. Beginning with the Industrial revolution, where massive inequalities were seen, to today, with automated factories, technology has developed faster than society. Fearful of what might happen if the workers were to gain power, the rulers of the world exploit them mercilessly.
Man can exist without a system of controls.
Simply to exist, man must co-operate with his fellow man, or die. This the central anarchist tenet. Anarchy and Chaos Even those anarchists with the most violent of leanings, will dismiss chaos as an undesirable state. The anarchist seeks a productive world, where man can grow to his fullest potential. This is impossible if chaos exists.