if ($yourdefinitionofanarchy == "lawlessness") {
print "Look it up in a dictionary\n";
} elsif ( $yourdefinitionofanarchy =~ m/absence of government/) {
print "You're on the right track\n";
} else {
wtf();
}
From my understanding of the perlmonk community, anarchy is as good a description as any. And I agree with diotalevi about altruism being a bigger motivator than competition.