- 15 Mar 2018 19:27
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Such a third party government would necessarily arise in order to protect the interests of the (neo-)feudal landowners.
The trouble with anarcho-capitalism is that it creates an imaginary world where capitalism (or feudalism) and government are at odds. This is obviously not the case nor is it likely to ever happen, seeing as how capitalism and/or feudalism require a state, and the state benefits from the support of the wealthy, be they business owners or landed aristocrats.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
Victoribus Spolia wrote:I think that depends on definitions.
If we mean the historical particularities following the collapse of Rome, then you may be right, but obviously I am referring to a future scenario that would not be exactly the same.
Furthermore, regarding what you and Potemkin have stated, it would seem a lot of this rides of how broad or strict we are regarding the term "anarchy."
Once again, if by anarchy we only mean a state of chaos (the more colloquial use of the phrase), then of course the two are incompatible.
However, I have been using Anarchy in the more etymological sense of "no government" as in, no third person monopolization of coercion and expropriation over-and-against other private property owners.
My use of term has been broad enough to allow for both a chaotic period immediately post-collapse and after the dust settles, so long as no third-party government that violates absolute property rights emerges.
That this system is essentially feudalism in its structure, for me, is entirely sufficient to at least call it "Neo-Feudalist."
Such a third party government would necessarily arise in order to protect the interests of the (neo-)feudal landowners.
The trouble with anarcho-capitalism is that it creates an imaginary world where capitalism (or feudalism) and government are at odds. This is obviously not the case nor is it likely to ever happen, seeing as how capitalism and/or feudalism require a state, and the state benefits from the support of the wealthy, be they business owners or landed aristocrats.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...