Answers: 10 Questions for Anarchists

response to simonodell

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[eurohim]

I can see this defence agency deciding they want to be in charge.

[Austrolibertarian]

There would be multiple. And, yes, that is always a possibility, but that doesn't justify the state.

[motokeiru]

You mean like a state?

[thorsmitersaw]

Right. The existence criminal behavior is no reason to monopolize it. Good video by the way

[bigglyguy]

@eurohim Omigod! You mean, if there wasn't a state (a monopoly of violence over a certain area)... we could possibly end up with a monopoly of violence over a certain area, like a state? Best we stick with havng a state then, rather than running the risk of having a state huh? Your comment was 3 years ago, I sincerely hope you've learned more about libertarianism since?

[MrSteventodd]

how do resources get equitably distributed?

[AustereAustrian]

@HighSim0n This is one way an anarchistic legal system would work. For more information read Rothbard's For a new Liberty, or David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom. They represent two opposing legal theories. Or if books aren't you're thing, go to wikipedia.

[AustereAustrian]

@HighSim0n first off libertarian and anarchist are synonyms. granted, some libertarians are minarchists, but that is a recent phenomenon. now your second claim is fallacious. Just because there is a "law" or "legal code" does not necessarily mean an absence of anarchy or an existence of government. It just means that if you're convicted of a crime you don't go to jail, you are ordered to pay restitution. If you refuse, then you face social ostracization which can be worse than going to jail.

[postmoderncory]

I don't see what would stop the thief from hiring his own defense agency to protect him from the defense contractor that the victim hires. I can definitely see the problems of a state with a monopoly on force, but one of the advantages of such a state is the ability to hold people accountable, whether they would like to be held accountable or not. Further, why would the thief be obligated to submit to the authority of the 'free market courts'? What if he's part of another court system?

[deltapunk21]

liberty btw is the pursuit of good not evil

[deltapunk21]

@thorsmitersaw horrible job the crap about the military being absolved being a good thing is hysterical. And nuclear weapons don't just disappear the soviets would use them kill us all and take over. Government is not a neccesary evil its just that its only role is defense and justice which are not economic functions and enforcing the natural law which faggot ass liberturds hate

[HeyItzMeDawg]

@JCLeSinge Plumbers and other trade union workers exist and can charge so much largely because of the government. Unions in today's political climate are as harmful as big government and big corporations. I'm not against unions; they just get some absurd legal privileges.

The short of it is that they can stick it to corporations/the government to inflate their members wage rate above market value and create make-work schemes that hurt consumers and taxpayers through higher prices and taxes.

[fargon187gmailcom]

privately owned nukes? you're the first asshole to make me possibly rethink the 2nd amendment.

[Hostile]

@MilanTbay Not an American, mate.

The chains on people have already made them into serfs, they're called taxation, majority rule, welfare, etc. Your fear of freedom is understandable but unfounded, and the idea that endorsing anti-property slavery will make us free is a warped joke. "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY", apparently.

In the game of capitalism, it's the ones with the desirable product that win. Bill Gates is winning only so long as he's selling desirable products at desirable prices.