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> TPP, huge inequality, centralization, unemployment ARE NOT a consequence of free market capitalism. Then what's the cause? Surely you have a guess?

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- loup-vaillant 11y ago
  From the slant of your comment, I guess you're an Anarcho-Capitalist: a Right Wing Libertarian who think universal private property will solve most current problems. If I'm right, you think the problem is the state, and the solution is getting rid of it. You are probably overlooking, ignoring, or downplaying the power of private corporations, or you think they would lose their power once we get rid of the state. My guess is different. I think that if we get rid of the state, we're more likely to get a corporate government than anarchy. Like what's described in the Continuum TV show. Whether that's a good thing… well at least, we would no longer kid ourselves about living in a democracy. --- Sorry if I put words in your mouth, but you forced my hand.
  - vezzy-fnord 11y ago
    Anarcho-Capitalist: a Right Wing Libertarian who think universal private property will solve most current problems FWIW there are variations of anarcho-capitalism such as agorism, which is much less overtly propertarian (i.e. either advocating land value tax or not readily accepting the labor theory of property), and moreover which makes a distinction between entrepreneurs and mere capital owners.
    - TeMPOraL 11y ago
      We can keep dividing and refining labels, but at some point one has to ask - isn't it better to consider problems on case-by-case basis and trying to find the right answer instead of subscribing to an entire philosophy wholesale?
      - vezzy-fnord 11y ago
        I don't really subscribe to any of the aforementioned, but the GP did make a statement which I felt needed to be qualified. Otherwise, I agree.
  - cjsthompson 11y ago
    There's no such thing as an "anarcho-capitalist". Anarchy refers to the absence of hierarchy not absence of rules. A competitive dog-eat-dog system such as capitalism is by definition hierarchical.
  - timtas 11y ago
    Anarcho-Capitalist, Right Wing? Not really. All them I know are hard core peacenicks who want to end the drug war and Wall Street bailouts. They're more Nader than Cheney.

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loup-vaillant 11y ago
From the slant of your comment, I guess you're an Anarcho-Capitalist: a Right Wing Libertarian who think universal private property will solve most current problems. If I'm right, you think the problem is the state, and the solution is getting rid of it. You are probably overlooking, ignoring, or downplaying the power of private corporations, or you think they would lose their power once we get rid of the state. My guess is different. I think that if we get rid of the state, we're more likely to get a corporate government than anarchy. Like what's described in the Continuum TV show. Whether that's a good thing… well at least, we would no longer kid ourselves about living in a democracy. --- Sorry if I put words in your mouth, but you forced my hand.
- vezzy-fnord 11y ago
  Anarcho-Capitalist: a Right Wing Libertarian who think universal private property will solve most current problems FWIW there are variations of anarcho-capitalism such as agorism, which is much less overtly propertarian (i.e. either advocating land value tax or not readily accepting the labor theory of property), and moreover which makes a distinction between entrepreneurs and mere capital owners.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    We can keep dividing and refining labels, but at some point one has to ask - isn't it better to consider problems on case-by-case basis and trying to find the right answer instead of subscribing to an entire philosophy wholesale?
    - vezzy-fnord 11y ago
      I don't really subscribe to any of the aforementioned, but the GP did make a statement which I felt needed to be qualified. Otherwise, I agree.
- cjsthompson 11y ago
  There's no such thing as an "anarcho-capitalist". Anarchy refers to the absence of hierarchy not absence of rules. A competitive dog-eat-dog system such as capitalism is by definition hierarchical.
- timtas 11y ago
  Anarcho-Capitalist, Right Wing? Not really. All them I know are hard core peacenicks who want to end the drug war and Wall Street bailouts. They're more Nader than Cheney.