Political Theory

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

fegeldolfy — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:39:37 GMT

I emailed him telling him to just ask me questions about government in general.

I'll post any questions I have trouble with.

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

Wheylous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:14:12 GMT

Molyneux's against me?

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

Malachi — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:17:12 GMT

Just vote, ok? Dont worry about whats ridiculous or not.

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

SkepticalMetal — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:14:39 GMT

I've always found it to be a bit rediculous when people advocate government on the grounds that "men aren't angels" when these non-angel men are running the government that they advocate.

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

Malachi — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:06:54 GMT

I would use the "men arent angels" argument myself. Ask him why we need government. When he says "people do bad things" ask him why he wants those people to be in charge. When he says he wants good people in charge, ask him about the process for selecting those good people.

Re: Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

grant.w.underwood — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:58:48 GMT

at the maximum price he is willing to purchase it.

Help me sell anarcho capitalism to a friend

fegeldolfy — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:48:08 GMT

So today at school I basically told my friend I was an anarcho-capitalist, which he thought was weird. He seems to be the kind of person who thinks we need regulations and the war on drugs. He did agree to read an email I'm going to send to him.

How do you think I should sell anarcho-capitalist philosophy to him? What specific things should I mention?