Comments on: The Game of Capital http://nostradoofus.com/2008/11/05/the-game-of-capital/ armchair futurology and stuff. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wemitchell http://nostradoofus.com/2008/11/05/the-game-of-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-15 wemitchell Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:05:12 +0000 http://mitchelldom.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-15 Anarcho-capitalism disproves itself: From Wikipedia: "elimination of the state and the provision of security from aggression against person and property by the private sector in a free market." The latter is essentially a proto-government. The contract between individuals and their private-sector security will very quickly come to resemble paying taxes in return for enforcement of a code of laws. Then the contractees will want the ability to change those laws. Perhaps they will decide by majority vote. Now you have democracy. So "anarcho-capitalism" seems nonsensical. Anarcho-capitalism disproves itself:

From Wikipedia: “elimination of the state and the provision of security from aggression against person and property by the private sector in a free market.”

The latter is essentially a proto-government. The contract between individuals and their private-sector security will very quickly come to resemble paying taxes in return for enforcement of a code of laws. Then the contractees will want the ability to change those laws. Perhaps they will decide by majority vote. Now you have democracy. So “anarcho-capitalism” seems nonsensical.

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By: erollins http://nostradoofus.com/2008/11/05/the-game-of-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-16 erollins Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:34:19 +0000 http://mitchelldom.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-16 Not to disagree, but your definitions omit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism Of course even Ayn Rand saw the problems with this: "[S]uppose Mr. Smith, a customer of Government A, suspects that his next-door neighbor, Mr. Jones, a customer of Government B, has robbed him; a squad of Police A proceeds to Mr. Jones' house and is met at the door by a squad of Police B, who declare that they do not recognize the authority of Government A. What happens then? You take it from there." http://stason.org/TULARC/ideology/anarchy/11-c-The-minarchists-attack-on-anarcho-capitalism.html Not to disagree, but your definitions omit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism

Of course even Ayn Rand saw the problems with this:

“[S]uppose Mr. Smith, a customer of Government A, suspects that his next-door neighbor, Mr. Jones, a customer of Government B, has robbed him; a squad of Police A proceeds to Mr. Jones’ house and is met at the door by a squad of Police B, who declare that they do not recognize the authority of Government A. What happens then? You take it from there.”

http://stason.org/TULARC/ideology/anarchy/11-c-The-minarchists-attack-on-anarcho-capitalism.html

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