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an extreme version of libertarianism called anarcho-capitalism
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1980s, Rothbard married the traditional anarcho-capitalist desire to dismantle the state with the racial resentment of paleoconservatives such as Pat Buchanan, creating a synthesis that had robustness and reach.
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Rothbard “had no tolerance for government of any kind…. In his ideal world, government would be eliminated altogether. Security, utilities, infrastructure, health care: all would be bought through the market with no safety net for those unable to pay.”
✏️ I think I’m simply capturing this to see a different model of anarchism. What anarchic-capitalism could be espoused as. Market is everything; no social nets for anyone that can’t pay. 🔗 View Highlight
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The flavor of Rothbard’s reasoning is caught in this passage:
Applying our theory to parents and children, this means that a parent does not have the right to aggress against his children, but also that the parent should not have a legal obligation to feed, clothe, or educate his children, since such obligations would entail positive acts coerced upon the parent and depriving the parent of his rights. The parent therefore may not murder or mutilate his child, and the law properly outlaws a parent from doing so. But the parent should have the legal right not to feed the child, i.e., to allow it to die.
✏️ Another aspect of anarcho-capitalism is a… extreme extrapolation of the anarchist’s right to self-governance. You are not allowed to apply any laws upon me that infringe my individual right to choose, extended all the way to how I feed or starve my kids. No outright evil acts of murder, but also no coercion of a person’s individual right to do or NOT do anything (e.g. I don’t have to have any obligations to anything.. that would be a violation of my rights as an individual.) So.. i don’t HAVE to feed my kid if I don’t feel like it. 🔗 View Highlight