To Anarchists: How does anarchy work.

[CCTelander]

I really don't know why you guys are bothering to write paragraphs to respond to this.

I tend to agree with you since I don't suffer fools gladly, but to each their own.

 

[noneedtoaggress]

I tend to agree with you since I don't suffer fools gladly, but to each their own.

TBH I could think of a couple reasons, but still wow. Not sure how worth it.

 

[Xerographica]

I tend to agree with you since I don't suffer fools gladly, but to each their own.

Yes, because people are fools for not sharing your political beliefs. Let me guess...people are also fools for not sharing your religious beliefs as well? Religious and political tolerance is way overrated.

 

[RiseAgainst]

Yes, because people are fools for not sharing your political beliefs. Let me guess...people are also fools for not sharing your religious beliefs as well? Religious and political tolerance is way overrated.

Oops, Xero. You must have missed this. I'll share it again.

Here:

Anarchism promotes competition and the free funding of ideas. If pragmatarianism were the best possible idea, would not people decide on their own free will to create pragmatarianism out of anarchism?

Put your money where your mouth is Xero, if you truly believe pragmatarianism is the obvious best answer, then why don't you promote anarchism since obviously pragmatarianism will be the end result??

 

[Xerographica]

Oops, Xero. You must have missed this. I'll share it again.

Here:

Nope...I responded to your question. Yet...you still have not responded to my question.

 

[RiseAgainst]

Nope...I responded to your question. Yet...you still have not responded to my question.

Nope...you didn't. Here it is again in case you've lost it.

 

[noneedtoaggress]

Nope...you didn't. Here it is again in case you've lost it.

OH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE

 

[ClayTrainor]

You can't opt out. And that's why your "Free market security" can't work

Forgive me for committing the Argument from Authority fallacy, but I feel these quotes are relevant.

If we reflect on how security works in the real world, we discover a huge and important role for private enterprise, and we find that the vast government apparatus of "national security" does not keep us safe so much as threaten our liberties by regarding the entire citizenry as a threat.Private security does not threaten our civil liberties, but government-provided security does. - Ron Paul, Liberty Defined, page 255

"The government is incapable of doing what it's supposed to do. A job like the provision of security is something best left to private institutions." - Ron Paul, Liberty Defined, page 288

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?308268-Ron-Paul-and-Private-Courts&p=3461247

 

[Paul Fan]

You can say that you're not happy with your choices of crappy government organizations...but why is it necessary for me to convince you of the value of giving taxpayers a choice which government organizations receive their taxes?

We already know the liberal response to lowering/eliminating taxes...so let's put pragmatarianism on the table and see how they respond. They are going to think that both choices are bad...but perhaps they'll think that pragmatarianism is less bad enough that they might be willing to consider it. If they consider it then we would be in for a fascinating and extremely educational national debate.

It would certainly be fascinating to observe people's choices, but I don't think it would advance the cause of liberty to engage in a national debate about how best to allocate a huge amount of stolen money. It would be better to focus on why the government shouldn't steal it in the first place.

 

[Xerographica]

It would certainly be fascinating to observe people's choices, but I don't think it would advance the cause of liberty to engage in a national debate about how best to allocate a huge amount of stolen money. It would be better to focus on why the government shouldn't steal it in the first place.

Who's in a better position to answer the question of theft than the taxpayers themselves? They are the victims here. It should be up to the taxpayers to decide whether they would boycott the government organizations that are directly responsible for the theft of their money.

 

[Conza88]

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[noneedtoaggress]

Lol Bob Murphy is such a goofball. Great vids.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I almost feel ashamed in myself for starting this thread.

Why? Didn't you get paid? I haven't seen you for awhile. Or have I?

I honestly believed....

LOL

 

[A Son of Liberty]

Thanks for bumping this thead! It was great reading back through the excellent arguments made by a ton of advocates of statelessness who are - sadly - not posting anymore these days.

 

[Superfluous Man]

Even if there is no possible path from where we are to anarchy, and even if anarchy were totally impossible to maintain even if it could be achieved, those are no reasons not to be an anarchist.

The feasibility of statelessness is totally irrelevant to the question of whether or not you ought to advocate the institution of the state.

I don't hold out any hope for a world totally free of theft. But that doesn't stop me from saying that theft is wrong.

 

[CCTelander]

Thanks for bumping this thead! It was great reading back through the excellent arguments made by a ton of advocates of statelessness who are - sadly - not posting anymore these days.

Thankfully we were able to chase off most of those disruptive, liberty hating anarchists and look how much better off RPFs is as a result.

 

[Krugminator2]

The feasibility of statelessness is totally irrelevant to the question of whether or not you ought to advocate the institution of the state.

Ummmm..... Yeah.... It is actually the only question that matters.

The test of how good an idea is if it works. Doesn't work. Not a good idea. Anarchism doesn't work. Therefore bad idea.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Ummmm..... Yeah.... It is actually the only question that matters.

The test of how good an idea is if it works. Doesn't work. Not a good idea. Anarchism doesn't work. Therefore bad idea.

"Let's do stupid things that yield bad results because it makes me feel good"
Who else do we know that "thinks" that way?

Anarchism is a leftist movement and it is poison.

 

[Superfluous Man]

"Let's do stupid things that yield bad results because it makes me feel good"
Who else do we know that "thinks" that way?

Anarchism is a leftist movement and it is poison.

Actually, utilitarian ethics is itself leftist. And it's totally incompatible with Christianity.

 

[Superfluous Man]

Ummmm..... Yeah.... It is actually the only question that matters.

The test of how good an idea is if it works. Doesn't work. Not a good idea. Anarchism doesn't work. Therefore bad idea.

"Nobody can point to a society where nobody steals.

Therefore, saying theft is wrong doesn't work.

Therefore, saying theft is wrong is a bad idea."

See how obviously wrong that argument is?