If the objective of pan-anarchism/anarcho-pluralism is the replacement of states with societies organized on the basis of decentralized, voluntary associations, then a question that arises involves the issue of what kinds criteria individual communities would have to meet of qualify as legitimate voluntary associations of these kinds. The Startup Societies Foundation offers a pretty good set of standards, all of which are rooted in the “exit principle,” i.e the right to leave if you don’t like what people around you are doing.

1. No democide.
2. No arbitrary laws.
3. No impossible cost to exit.
4. No surveillance for blackmail.
5. No psychological control without freedom of speech.
6. No torture.
7. No ignoring sovereignty.
8. No fraud.
9. No red market economy.
10. No aggressive military action.

Click here to learn more about these ten rules.