(June 24, 2013 at 4:59 pm)Raven Wrote: The OED defines anarchy as belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis. No mention of violence, so a no government needed libertarian would be an anarchist.
That's effectively saying "an anarchist would be an anarchist". I don't disagree. The point is though, libertarians aren't anarchists, in the same way liberals aren't anarchists. The two words mean entirely different things, and it isn't correct to equate them. A libertarian who believes that the best government is no government is simply not a libertarian.
Quote:Capitalism is a particularly predatory phase in cultural evolution.
Capitalism has nothing to do with culture...it's an economic theory.