At 12:01 PM -0400 7/11/00, David Honig wrote:
>At 08:03 PM 7/10/00 -0400, Greg Newby wrote:
>>- the list consists of minarchists. According to an Anarchy Theory FAQ
>>(http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/mrquiet/internet_lib/Anarchist_Theory_FAQ.html),
>>minarchists are libertarians who believe government should be limited
>>to activites that protect individuals and their private property
>>against physical invasion (i.e., police, courts, a legal code and
>>national defense).
>
>This is pretty funny. A libertarian defines proper government that
>way, truly; but for the 'anarchy faq' to include them as 'min-' anything
>is cute. I suppose statists are 'maxanarchists' ??
The "min-" (or "max-") part modifies the "archy" part, not the "anarchy" part.
Roughly, "arch" and "archy" refer to the "top" (arch) system. "An"
means "no." Anarchy means "no top," as in "no leader," "no top dog,"
no king, no ruler, no satrap.
So one would never have "maxnarchists." Just maxarchists, aka Democrats.
-Tim May
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