But then, of course, there are anarchists ~~ or those claiming to be. But how they would fare in a community with no laws and restrictions is, as ever, a worthwhile speculation.

If I may quote Mikhail Bakunin on this very issue:

'I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.'

This is the fundamental tenet of Anarchism; it's a high ideal for sure, but essentially an optimistic one.