Free Capitalist Network - Community Archive
Mises Community Archive
An online community for fans of Austrian economics and libertarianism, featuring forums, user blogs, and more.

Anarcho-Capitalism Needs a New Name

This post has 46 Replies | 9 Followers

Top 500 Contributor
Male
Posts 198
Points 3,100
jay replied on Sun, Jul 31 2011 11:25 AM

Whatever term comes into common usage (at least, common to "us") there's probably going to be explaining to do no matter what.

"The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C.S. Lewis
  • | Post Points: 20
Top 500 Contributor
Posts 312
Points 4,325
Chyd3nius replied on Sun, Jul 31 2011 2:24 PM

I will stick with 'libertarian' until leftists give 'liberalism' back to us.

-- --- English I not so well sorry I will. I'm not native speaker.
  • | Post Points: 20
Not Ranked
Posts 72
Points 1,490
Loppu replied on Sun, Jul 31 2011 3:05 PM

Chyd3nius, miksi kutsut itseäsi, kun olet tekemisissä suomalaisten kanssa?

  • | Post Points: 5
Top 500 Contributor
Posts 312
Points 4,325
Chyd3nius replied on Sun, Jul 31 2011 4:48 PM

I thought things a bit and decided to point to my first post...

Or 'jewish'. Murray Rothbard invented anarcho-capitalism and was a jew, and Mises was too. And I heard that Gary North proved that the Old Testament is quite pro-market. No one certainly don't want to be an anti-semitist!

Maybe we actually should start to talk about "jewish economy"! Think about all the Hitler-cards!

Chyd3nius, miksi kutsut itseäsi, kun olet tekemisissä suomalaisten kanssa?

Riippuu aika lailla tilanteesta, käytän "klassista liberaalia" kun en halua leimautua liian radikaaliksi, ja "anarkokapitalistia" kun haluan. "Kannatan vapaata markkinataloutta" on kuitenkin yleensä ymmärretty helpoiten. Kaikesta huolimatta ihmisillä on ennakkoluuloja, eivätkä he useinkaan käsitä että inhoan mm. Kokoomusta ja EU:ta.

-- --- English I not so well sorry I will. I'm not native speaker.
  • | Post Points: 20
Top 50 Contributor
Posts 2,417
Points 41,720
Moderator
Nielsio replied on Tue, Aug 2 2011 9:25 AM

Today's Mises Daily:

 

Why Capitalism Is Worth Defending (by Anthony Gregory)

http://mises.org/daily/5505/Why-Capitalism-Is-Worth-Defending

 

yes

  • | Post Points: 20
Not Ranked
Posts 1
Points 5

If you substitute the term, "libertarian purists" for "anarcho-capitalists" and "libertarian purism" for "anarcho-capitalism," you accomplish the following: 

1) You more accurately describe Rothbardian, Freedmanite, and Kosankeist principles in terms that are familiar to many, 

2) You solidify the relationship between libertarianism and a truly free market while demonstrating that minarchist libertarianism is incomplete.

3) You expand visibility for the movement. 

Try it out. I am confident that you will be satisfied with the results.

John Frederic Kosanke - Author of "Instead of Politics: (Principles of Civilization)"

  • | Post Points: 5
Top 500 Contributor
Posts 312
Points 4,325
Chyd3nius replied on Tue, Aug 2 2011 12:54 PM

Why Capitalism Is Worth Defending (by Anthony Gregory)

http://mises.org/daily/5505/Why-Capitalism-Is-Worth-Defending

I still like the jewish one.

-- --- English I not so well sorry I will. I'm not native speaker.
  • | Post Points: 5
Page 2 of 2 (47 items) < Previous 1 2 | RSS