• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    anarcho-capitalist libertarian utopia?

    I hate that edgelord libertarians are trying to rebrand themselves as “anarcho-capatalist”. Anarchy and capitalism are antithetical to one another. It doesn’t have anything to do with anarchy if you aren’t evaluating hierarchy, and capitalism is literally one of the most hierarchical organizational structures possible.

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      2 months ago

      anarcho-capitalist

      So, sociopath.

      libertarian

      That’s like a narcissist hat on top of a sociopath hat. It’s a hat on a hat.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      edgelord libertarians are trying to rebrand themselves as "anarcho-capatalist

      Actually, American style " libertarianism" IS anarcho-capitalism. They’ve just been trying to keep that a secret until recently.

      Anarchy and capitalism are antithetical to one another.

      Yes, and no. Anarcho-capitalism is anarchic in the colloquial “no rules, no order” sense, whereas political anarchy very much isn’t.

      The stupidity of the term is what makes it apt, though: the people politically illiterate enough to think that a total lack of regulations and worker’s rights would lead to anything resembling freedom also think that the colloquial definition of anarchy is the politically accurate one.