Anarchism differs from other distrust of power by judging dispersed coercion trustworthy

Evidence

The anarchist judgement that organized coercive power cannot be made entirely trustworthy, while despondent, has much persuasive force and is in fact shared with a number of thinkers who are certainly not anarchists (Locke 1967: II, paragraphs 159-68, 199-243). What really marks anarchism out as a political theory is the judgement that dispersed coercive power either is in itself, or would be if instantiated, or could readily be caused to become, quite sufficiently trustworthy for the living of acceptable human lives. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1091

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides a precise defining criterion for anarchism as a political theory: the non-uniqueness of distrust of coercive power, but the distinctive judgement that dispersed coercion can be made trustworthy.