RE: Why Anarcho-Capitalism Is a Canard and Its Implications for Atheism
January 18, 2017 at 9:42 pm
Quote:The problem with any form of anarchism is that it assumes power vacuums can exist socially - they can't. Truth is, there will always be hierarchies in society, and people that want power will find a way to get it, no matter what the system is. In anarcho-capitalism we would simply have businessmen doing whatever they damn well pleased, without a government force to ever get in their way. The idea of a private police/court system is laughable, since the powerful would end up owning it. There are good arguments for limiting the powers of government, but they ain't in right-wing libertarianism -- they have utopian nonsolutions.
Hierarchy is the result of fear, which is both an emotional matrix, an ideology, and a rule of behavior. We yield to the strong because it's better than dying, ultimately, and we oppress the weak so that we may negate the threat they represent to our security. Another way to put it is that we are trying to impose our wills on the environment and others in order to attain security, and it doesn't work. The libertarians are simply consistent and clear in their reasoning, which made them a ripe target for disproof.
