On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:31:23 -0400 Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote:
> > > On 07/11/2017 10:59 AM, Razer wrote: > > > CrimetInc Ex-Worker Podcast #18: "What Anarchism Isn’t, Pt 1: > > Libertarianism and Anarcho-Capitalism" > > > > With transcript: https://crimethinc.com/podcast/18 > > No time to play the podcast right now (though I will later) - but > here's my "elevator speech" on the AnCap Bullshit: > > "Capitalism can not exist without armed State authorities to define > and enforce the so-called rights of absentee landlords. > Anarcho-capitalism is a contradiction in terms, just a super > fashionable name for direct rule by gangs of billionaires who get to > do literally anything they want." > > The only reason to add the prefix an- or anarcho- to the name of a > 19th century political theory or ideology is to make it sound hip and > fashionable. modern 'anarcho capitalists' are fucking idiots, fake libertarians, corporate apologists and the like. However, the liberal tradition based on common sense morality, rights to life, liberty and property, and its obvious anarchist (no state) conclusion isn't just a '19th' century political theory'. Not sure what you want to accomplish with that label... "A great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It had its origin in the principles of society, and the natural constitution of man. It existed prior to government, and would exist if the formality of government was abolished. " See? That's liberal anarchism. And that's not from the 19th century. That's paine's "Rights of Man" - 1791 - so it's 18th century. And here's some more 18th century stuff "... to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" So, now, get this : no fucking CONSENT, no government. And of course the government created by the supreme scumabag(s) who wrote that was and is one the most corrupt and hypocritical tyrannys in history. But regardless of the frauds involved with it, liberal/libertarian anarchism is a pretty solid 'theory'.
