Re: Why Anarcho-Capitalism is NOT Traditional Anarchism

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[juliecranford]

I hear nothing but static :(

[XOmniverse]

Something happened to some of my older Youtube videos. I'm not sure what, exactly.

[KenCat1337]

Capitalism requires hierarchy.

Anarchism is against hierarchy.

"Anarcho" Capitalism is an oxymoron.

You are a retarded moron.

[XOmniverse]

The free market (to avoid whatever baggage you attach to the word capitalism) does NOT require ANY social arrangement. You're free to form a non-hierarchical commune, a worker's coop, or just plain live in a cave and live off the land of you want.

[kidpens]

If you have enough apples, then why do you need more apples?

[XOmniverse]

Why does need enter into it at all?

[juliecranford]

you mean redundancy.

[VanDoodah]

@Dunbar0740 I agree. I was somewhat naive when I posted my original comment.

[Dunbar0740]

@VanDoodah, well, the anarcho-capitalists would have to function in a society without property rights - I don't see hoiw their version of capitalism can work in this environment. Government exisits, essentially, to protect property, without Government to "enforce" property rights, property becomes meaningless. Anarcho-capitalism is an oxymoron.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@KenCat1337

There would be nothing stopping corporations, but also nothing keeping them in power. I recommend you read some leftist market anarchists, like Kevin Carson and Brad Spangler, and stop blaming the market for actually existing capitalism.

[delboyzgzg]

@KenCat1337 Yes, but if you light up a joint in that cave, you would go to jail...

In anarcho capitalist society there would be no restriction to the power of corporations other than the natural law of supply and demand which doesn't support monopolies. It's not of issue of restricting monopoly anyway, it's an issue of the state passing laws that induce and perpetuate monopoly (whether it's the state's or the companies that bribed it), for example: patenting, copyright & economic game laws.

[phrimburger]

@KenCat1337 in our current system corporations wield enormous power through the government. In an anarcho-capitalist society the forces of the free market would keep any corporation from wielding too much power. So what if companies only care about profit? how is that inherently bad? caring about profit allows them to maximize the utility of their customers. Quality would go up not down, you clearly have little understanding of free market economics.

[landofthefreemyass]

Well put.

[ClassicRock8]

but true libertarianism is Libertarian socialism, a combination of Anarchy and socialism

[OctoBox]

An-Archism means (No-Authority) -- It means in essence "self-rule" or "individualism"

Since the discussion of "markets" is inevitable in a discussion of anarchism (or individualism) one must first define who the individual is.

Bakuninism it is the worker

Rothbardianism it is the owner

Misesian Logic it is the consumer

No one argues that it's any other kind of person

In the market-sense -- Consumers pay for everything; and all people are consumers.

Not all are workers-owners

[WSidis]

There's no money in social anarchism...