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There is no such thing as pure capitalism either, because private property cannot exist without all the elaborate state machinery that libertarians love to hate
by fallingfrog 9y ago
There is no such thing as pure capitalism either, because private property cannot exist without all the elaborate state machinery that libertarians love to hate: a court system, contract law, a police force, an army, and the taxes to support it. All this stuff exists to create the illusion of such a thing as pure private property. Neither pure communism or pure capitalism are things that could exist in the real world.
- perl4ever 9y agoRejecting "a court system, contract law, a police force, an army" sounds like an anarchist's point of view, and while libertarian anarchists (or anarcho-capitalists) exist, equating them with libertarians in general approaches the limit of how ignorant I can believe a non-troll to be.
- fallingfrog 9y agoWell, I've heard self proclaimed libertarians say things like "taxation is theft of private property". So that's what I'm basing that on.
- johnny22 9y agoMost libertarians I've talked to at least see the role for a minimal state. That state does manage external threats and contract enforcement. I can't imagine those being free things, so at least some taxes would be necessary.