On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:08:00PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > 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.
Just because someone is happy at their work, doesn't mean they aren't a wage slave. "Anarcho-capitalism" has more in common with fascism and post-industrial feudalism than any real ideal of freedom and life without coercion. For a fair idea of how it might play out, just look back 150 years to the gilded age - the government was a fuck of a lot smaller, the masses were dirt fucking poor, and they were kept that way by private squads of pinkertoon goons hired by the bosses. This is "anarcho-capitalism". > > > 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
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