A4O II: A Brief History of Market Anarchism

Anarchism for Objectivists Part II: A Brief History of Market Anarchism

A very brief discussion of the origins of modern market anarchist thought.

People mentioned: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Frederic Bastiat, Lysander Spooner, Gustave de Molinari, Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, David D. Friedman

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• anarcho-capitalism
• voluntaryism
• objectivism
• philosophy
• epistemology
• ethics
• politics
• ayn
• rand

[eboyd32]

"anarcho"-capitalists are not anarchists. sorry. anarchism is purely socialist, whether they support markets or not. the Friedman's, Rothbard, Ayn Rand, etc., are not anarchists. the Austrian school of economics supports the exact opposite of anarchism. as for Spooner, he was markedly anti-capitalist. stop lumping him in with the rest of the fascists you mentioned.

[XOmniverse]

@eboyd32 You should read the dictionary definitions of anarchism, markets, and fascism, and get back to me when you can actually defend your notions.

[eboyd32]

...and state power. when corporations become the state (as in a monopoly of force over a definite territory, thanks to private property enforcement), that is the purest form of fascism possible. fuck corporatism, it's corporatocracy. so obviously, my definitions are spot on. it is you who needs to read more and put down the Rothbard because his ideas are messing with your sense of reality.

[XOmniverse]

@eboyd32 I'd debate this more with you if you weren't being a dick. As far as I know, no person you cited supports "corporatism" or government granted corporate privilege. Get your head out of your ass.

[jackriter]

Lysander Spooner was against wage labor, rent, profit, and interest. Spooner was anti-capitalist.

[XOmniverse]

An anti-capitalist that ran a competing mail delivery company? :P

[turbofritz2]

@eboyd32 Anarchism is rightwinged libertarian in nature. NOT socialist

Mixing socialism or communism with anarchism is so fucking pointless, they are directly opposite ideologies.

[turbofritz2]

@eboyd32 Anarchy is anti state involvement, no rulers, no central planning, no welfare.

It's rebellious

Communism and socialism is however a central planning, goverment providance and goverment planning.

It makes absolutly no sense to be Anarcho communist. No matter how you put it. Anarchy means no laws and no state.

[Aryaba]

@eboyd32 Nice to see idiocy distilled into its purest form, manifest in yourself.

[MrBlakskwrl]

this is really good. 

[muridsilat]

@eboyd32 - Yeah, who do these people think they are to dare question the strict, unwavering rules of anarchy?!!!

[Ilikenuman]

You missed this guy: Benjamin Tucker

[eboyd32]

@XOmniverse dictionary definitions are remarkably terrible at defining terms in the political realm. anarchism is derived from a Greek term meaning "no rulers", not "no government" as the dictionary seems to suggest. anarchists oppose all forms of illegitimate authority, including hierarchical workplace relationships. markets are simply structures in society that allow trade between persons. do i believe in a free market? no. however, i believe in markets. fascism is the marriage of corporate...