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> who invented the weird term 'anarcho-capitalist'? The economist Murray Rothbard used it first in the mid-20th century, according to the Wikipedia page on ana
by n4r9 6y ago
> who invented the weird term 'anarcho-capitalist'?
The economist Murray Rothbard used it first in the mid-20th century, according to the Wikipedia page on anarcho-capitalism. He felt free to use the term as it borrowed some ideas from anarchism, but many would say he excluded crucial parts.
Most anarchists are very unwilling to be associated with anarcho-capitalism, and resent the prefix. They are probably even less thrilled about being associated with the libertarian party.
US Libertarians: limit the size and scope of government
Anarcho-capitalism: no centralised state, society self-regulates via free markets.
Anarchism: no heirarchical power structures, thus no private capital at all.
- nsajko 6y ago> US Libertarians: limit the size and scope of government What I was aiming at with GP post was that as far as I understand, at least in the early days of the Libertarian Party, a significant number of them were actually completely against the existence of a government. (Wikipedia mentions something about an "anarchist-minarchist debate" or something like that.) But political reality of course leads to compromise. It is simply untenable in the US, and most of the Earth to be taken seriously by a large majority of voters while espousing getting rid of the government.
- n4r9 6y agoWhilst true, a lot of political movements in history have had goals that seemed completely untenable at the time, yet succeeded.