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[quote user="Rettoper"] The motivation for this thread is to challenge the pacifists on mises.org to adequately address the following paradox: If capitalism is the most effective system for creating societal wealth (and empirical and logical evidence confirm that it is), then why does it continue to be marginalized and bastardized in contemporary
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Benjamin Tucker called himself a socialist before socialist was akin to state socialism or "collective ownership of the means of production". Tucker was a mutualist as were 99% of individualist anarchists throughout history.
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[quote user="Angurse"] We are told individuals are free to rise as far as they desire. We live in a meritocracy after all. This is an incredibly disheartening tactic to hear from a libertarian- an alleged champion of freedom and prosperity. It’s disturbing in at least two ways. "I have never heard this before. Links?" It's
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[quote user="Greg"] I just really don't understand the relationship between the perceived problem and how Scott thinks things should be. [/quote] My point is that in this among other things, it's not enough to oppose the state.We need to oppose cultural authoritarianism and the state too.An-caps don't get that and until they do
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[quote user="Eric080"] "First off, on a side note, I think it could be argued that on a total market, the wage gaps that you see in today's world would close by a great number. So in that sense, it would be a "more equal" society, in terms of how the wealth is distributed in society." I agree. "Secondly, equality
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[quote user="Epicurus ibn Kalhoun"] One man pointing out an imperfection can lead to another man/woman fixing it. [/quote] Exactly.
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[quote user="EmperorNero"] "Yes, I understand your argument. You are arguing that the notion of a meritocracy is a myth. Even in a free market." Well I think a free market would better approximate a meritocracy -depending on the economic arrangement you live in and the culture there ,of course. "But what is the conclusion?"
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[quote user="Angurse"] AnCap is not the only anarchic philosophy that support private property. Hence "most." It is among the elite though. Besides, most forms of statism are hostile to private property... So? "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..." Who cares if people want to be communist? As long as it is voluntary
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[quote user="Angurse"] Most forms of anarchism are hostile to private property, "anarcho"-capitalists would be better off staying out of such a tent. [/quote] Depending on how you define property ,this isn't true.
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[quote user="dude6935"] I believe there is merit in the Anarchism Without Adjectives approach. If people can agree that we should reject political authority and that we should not impose our economic system on those who don't accept it, we would have a much larger tent than we do now. Don't most here believe that economic pluralism