On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Kevin Gallagher <kevin.gallag...@nyu.edu> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your replies! > > On Jul 11, 2017 9:16 PM, "Kurt Buff" <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Kevin Gallagher > <kevin.gallag...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> Here is where I start to have questions. To my understanding, anarchy is >> the >> rejection of heirarchies. Isn't anarcho-capitalism therefore an oxymoron? > > No, anarcho-capitalism is grounded in the understanding that free > trade among free people is a the only road to peace and prosperity. > People arrange themselves in hierarchies all the time, and it's no > crime if they do so freely. > > > For the life of me I can't think of any heirarchies that aren't, at least in > part, founded on deceit or force (or both). Can you please give an example > of one?
Go into almost any small business with a few employees. By small, I mean under 500 employees. If the employees are happy, you have your answer. > It's often a benefit. This is as opposed > to anarcho-syndicalism or various other flavors of anarchism, which > are grounded in the belief that money and trade are evil and that love > and unicorn farts are sufficient to sustain life. > > > I do not know these schools of anarchism, but that doesn't seem like a fair > assessment. It is fair. >> The existence of currency inherently creates a heirarchy based on the >> amount >> of currency one owns, does it not? > > No, it does not. There are lots of things to unpack in that > statemen/questiont, but I'll just mention two: > - Currency isn't money, as such > - Fiat currency creation is used by anti-capitalist forces to > enrich the few at the expense of the rest of us, destroying capital in > the process. > > > Reading some Murray Rothbard or Ludwig von Mises for starters, would > be an eye opener for you. > > > Fair enough. I will give some of this a read. If I have any questions, can I > reach out to you after I have read some? Sure. If you're really going to read, I'd start with https://www.mises.org. In particular, if you're looking for a quick start, you could do worse than these, which are all free, and available in several formats: The Anatomy of the State: https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays https://mises.org/library/egalitarianism-revolt-against-nature-and-other-essays For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto: https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto What Has Government Done to Our Money? https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money If you want the master works, then these are the place to dive in - again, free: Human Action: https://mises.org/library/human-action-0 Man, Economy and State, with Power and Market https://mises.org/library/man-economy-and-state-power-and-market Kurt