Anarcho Capitalism

I think with "state of no authority" he means a situation where authority doesn't exist. I didn't really understand what fafdus is asking either though.

 

Yeah I think that's what he meant. I think to answer that question in a nutshell the answer is: Anarchy is a fairer "system" than capitalism. Like much fairer. But maybe someone else will give you a more detailed answer.

 

I said anarchy. I meant anarchism, or anarcho-communism to be even more precise in what I was thinking about, Anarchy in itself meaning simply a state of no authority or governance can of course mean a state of chaos.

 

an- is for no and -archy stands for hierarchy. But the popular conception is that it means chaos i.e. no hierarchy = no authority = chaos. It doesn't necessarily mean that but it can also mean chaos. That's why I prefer to use the word 'anarchism' because with that there can be no confusion. Anarchism is a political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.
Are you a capitalist?

 

BTW mate, you should read what people have written on this thread. the concept of anarcho capitalism has already been explained.

 

Yeah, at the cost of other people being exploited and the entire world being raped. Deforestation, extinction of entire species. Those at the top making millions or billions couldn't care less about our planet or the life on it. All they care about is profit.

EDIT: oh and of course it promotes hierarchies, it's built on hierarchies.

 

I'm with you on that. Sometimes, even today, its hard for me to answer some questions pertaining to specifics as I haven't studied this subject in depth and I don't mind admitting it. There are certainly far more qualified and learned people on this site to have these debates with. Doesn't mean I don't know anything about it but not enough to hold an educated debate. Anyway, I think you were spot on about anarcho-capitalism. It's basically capitalism on steroids, with no checks & balances.

 

Damn, I was busy writing this post and then the power cut out for 2 hours (we've got this thing called power sharing. Sounds wonderful but believe me it sucks!)

Ok so, firstly sorry I got a bit... beligerent with you yesterday, I thought you were trolling but I see that's not the case. Yeah, as Starfighter said, I don't think that refers to personal belongings, or household items like furniture, tv etc. I think it just means you can't own property like land or buildings (factories, farms etc. or houses).
As for capitalism... I heard somewhere (on tv) that the original idea of capitalism was much fairer than it is now. Same as communism, on paper it doesn't sound so bad but the problem is in the real world it just doesn't work (well, some will disagree of course). You might feel cozy in your job or career or whatever but the effects of capitalism are unacceptable. I don't think I need to paint you a picture cos I'm sure aware of the damage it does and anyway I've mentioned some of it earlier. And yes, it creates poverty and homelessness. The poor are not all poor because they're lazy or homeless due to mental health. Homelessness can happen to anybody and poverty is on the up and up. It's just like they say, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

 

I've always understood anarcho-capitalism just as capitalism without the state. So the violence machine and control of the proletariat would be solely privately funded.

 

I have a fairly advanced reading of anarchism, Bakunin's classics and some texts by other lesser-known anarchists. From what I've understood so far, anarchism is actually a libertarian response (in the sense of freedom and socialism) to the original socialism of the French revolution and, later, to the authoritarian socialism of Karl Marx. Therefore, anarchism (like all socialisms) understands that property is theft, and the thieves are factory owners, tenants, political leaders, etc. Therefore, anarcho-capitalism shouldn't even be considered an anarchist ideology. And as for capitalism, it was actually founded from the beginning with the idea of exploiting the working class, even though it comes from Enlightenment ideas, the first capitalist thinkers were already talking about surplus value.