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    Anarcho-Capitalism (AnCap), also called Private Property Anarchy, Private Law Society,[3] and Rothbardianism,[4] as well a bunch of other names,[5] is a political ideology, as well as a theoretical social order, based around Classical Liberal conception of property rights, individualism, and rejection of the state but lead to its logical conclusion, the elimination of it. It favours market-based alternatives for all services that most modern states currently provide, including security and national defense,[6][7] roads,[8] education, healthcare, creation of currency[9] (Having a strong support for hard money[10] and believing that said free banking system would lead to money becoming "harder" and money supply, more stable), law,[11][12][13][14][15] (through a system called "polycentric law"), etc.[16]

    On the political compass diagram, Anarcho-Capitalism is consistently identified as being on the absolute bottom and on the absolute (economic) right, with the only ideology surpassing it on both regards being the fictional ideology, Avaritionism,[17] on cultural regards it is ambiguous and varies from person to person.

    History

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    Proto-Anarcho-Capitalist Societies

    Anarcho-Capitalist intellectuals have identified a set of historical societies to be in essence Anarcho-Capitalist in practice, or have practiced Anarcho-Capitalist ideas.

    A relatively well-known example of proto-ancap society has been the Republic of Cospaia,[18] an Italian micropolity which existed outside of the reaches of both the   Papal States and the  Holy Roman Empire, and existed from 1440 and 1826. Cospaia lacked any centralised body which specialised in the initialisation of forced payment on others, the closest body which Cospaia had for a state (The council of Elders and Family Heads) was financed through a contribution of its volunteering members and only enforced its verdicts through disassociation.

    Other examples of historical societies which practiced elements of Anarcho-Capitalist theory include the system of Brehon Law in   Ireland[19] said to be an example of private law and which lasted from around the Bronze to the interregnum of   Cromwell as well as the Italian city-state of Genoa which effectively practiced a system of private national defence.[20]

     
    Coat of Arms of the Icelandic Commonwealth

    By far the most well-known example of a Proto-Anarcho-Capitalist society has been the Icelandic Commonwealth (less formally known as medieval Iceland).[21]

      David Friedman also holds in his book, "Legal systems very different from ours,"[13] that many societies have put in practice systems of private law, either where both prosecution and law enforcement were carried out privately, or, where prosecution was carried out privately but law enforcement was carried out by the government. Among the societies he says had had private law systems, either fully or partially private, there are the already named   Early Irish/Brehon and the   Icelandic systems, but he also writes about   Jewish law, Imperial   Chinese Law,   Feudal law, 18th Century   English law, among others.

    Proto-Anarcho-Capitalist Thinkers

    There have been a number of individuals that have been described as being very similar to anarcho-capitalism in their thought, primarily in the   Classical Liberal tradition.

    A notable figure that has been identified as one of the first people to advocate for an anarcho-capitalist system in a modern form was the Belgian economist of the French liberal school Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912), known for advocating a competitive market in the area of production of security services.[22] Molinari was also an abolitionist[23] and a critic of the File:PCB-Jack.png French Revolution and the policy of   Statism it had brought.[24][25]

     
    A picture of Lysander Spooner. Who was a great influence on Rothbard's Philosophy.

    A set of important figures to the development of Anarcho-Capitalist theory was the movement of   Boston Anarchists, specifically Benjamin R. Tucker (1854-1939) and Lysander Spooner (1808-1887), to whom Murray Rothbard referred as "unsurpassed as political philosophers." He also stated that (he believed) politically, the differences between his ideal system and theirs were minor, but economically, that is, what he and they thought the economic consequences this political system would lead to, the differences were substantial.[2]

    Another figure, whose political writings could be considered partially proto-anarcho-capitalist, is   Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), who pondered on the question of whether or not the evolution of society under a free market would lead to the abolishment of the state, although he himself did not come to a conclusion of whether it would or would not happen.[26]

      Auberon Herbert (1834-1906), who was largely inspired by Herbert Spencer's writings, is a figure who is also considered a 'proto-anarcho-capitalist:'[3] Herbert is known to be the first person to use the term "Voluntarism" (or rather "Voluntaryism") within a political context, a term used by followers of Anarcho-Capitalism and other   Libertarian circles to this day.[27] Auberon Herbert's doctrine is based on the complete voluntarisation of the role of government authority, and the creation of a system of "voluntary taxation," and the creation of a system based first, and foremost, on private property and self-ownership.[28] And, although Herbert largely dismissed the term, "  Anarchist," he was described as a "true anarchist in everything but name" by Benjamin Tucker.[29]

    Lastly, out of proto-anarcho-capitalist figures there is the American   Geolibertarian author, Albert Jay Nock (1870-1945), whose politics are often described as   Anarcho-Conservative. Nock has criticized all forms of   Economic Interventionism, both in the form of File:PCB-ML.png Soviet Communism and the   Social Democratic policies of the New Deal.[30]

    Modern Anarcho-Capitalist Thinkers

    Moving on to recent times, there are a number of thinkers that identify as "Anarcho-Capitalists," They all have slight differences, but they all agree the state should be abolished, and unregulated   (The Laissez-Faire Theory) File:PCB-Cap.png Capitalism is either the system compatible with the most amount of freedom or because it's the system that would lead to the most generalized well-being.

     
    A picture of the formal creator of Anarcho-Capitalism, Murray Rothbard.

    Most Anarcho-Capitalist thinkers are followers of the Austrian School of economics, such as: Murray Rothbard, the formal creator of Anarcho-Capitalism;   Lew Rockwell;   Hans-Hermann Hoppe; Walter Block; Roderick T. Long; etc. However, there are exceptions, such as   David Friedman, Milton Friedman's son, who has bigger disagreements with Rothbard compared to the previously listed thinkers, especially regarding law.

    Friedman's motives for being an Anarcho-Capitalist are also different from Rothbard's: While Rothbard focuses a lot on the immorality of the state, and natural rights, David takes a much more   consequentialist approach; he follows Anarcho-Capitalism because he thinks it's the system that would lead to the most well-being.

    Foundations and Beliefs

    W.I.P.

    The fundamental belief of all Anarcho-Capitalism is this: all use of force, when not used in self-defence, is unjustified. Because of this foundational philosophical view, anarcho-capitalists necessarily view taxation as theft, as taxes are collected against consent with force.

    In fact, because participation of laws is often not consented to, most anarcho-capitalists argue against  democracy, viewing subjection through democracy as no better than subjection through an authoritarian government.

    The anarcho-capitalist would take this view so far as to say government itself should be abolished, as no one consents to live under a government.

    Voluntaryism

    Voluntaryism is a political ideology inhabiting the bottom right of the compass, with no specific cultural implications, although considering it respects voluntary actions when there is no harm to another human it tends not to be conservative. It is one of the only Anarchist ideologies that doesn't call itself Anarchist.

    It primarily believes that violence is never, ever, justified to be initiated in a non-defensive way, and seeing taxation as robbery it believes it should be voluntary (Basically that services are given by private organizations and it's voluntary to pay them, you pay them if you want to use that service).

    It also believes that the state is the monopoly of violence and wants to suppress them but thinks governments mean every kind of organization, not necessarily political.

    It was created in 1897 and is probably one the first full theoretical seen way of achieving a society completely based on liberty and property rights (Probably only preceded by "The Production of Security" by Gustave de Molinari, in 1849), which fully influenced Anarcho-Capitalism.

    Personality and Behaviour

    AnCap is usually portrayed as AnCap Picardia memes personified, which tells you everything: His general absurd behavior is usually rationalized by the fact not a lot of people really wanting to believe in his ideology.

    Stylistic Notes

    This isn't   Anarchyball, so no balding AnCap please.

    How to Draw

     
    Flag of Anarcho-Capitalism

    The flag of anarcho-capitalism is a diagonal bicolour of Gold and Black, representing File:PCB-Cap.png Capitalism (and hard money), and   Anarchism, respectively. The origins of the flag of anarcho-capitalism date back to   Robert LeFevre's 'Freedom School' in Colorado that, in the years 1963-1964, held a winter and spring long 'Phrontistery,' in which the Anarcho-Capitalist flag was first shown in public.[31]

    1. Draw a ball with eyes.
    2. Draw a diagonal Bicolour with Gold or Yellow at the top and Black at the bottom.

    And you should be done.

    Color Name HEX RGB
    Black #141414 20, 20, 20
    Yellow #FDFD00 253, 253, 0


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    • File:Marxlen.png Marxism–Leninism - An ideology only there to oppress and enslave: He's a governmental tyranny at its worse. All you commies do is worship St*lin, justify war crimes, simp for China, and beg for bread.
    •   Whiny Communist - An oxymoron; you need a state to enforce communism. This ideology is just File:PCB-ML.png Marxism–Leninism but enforced by the majority. Thanks for buying my drugs, though.
    •   Anarcho-Syndicalism - What? it's just a more communist-looking ancom. How many ancom clones even are there?! (Psst, wanna buy this onesie?)
    •   Stalinism - The very definition of evil.
    •   Feudalism - I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM FOR FUCK'S SAKE!
    •   Reactionary Socialism - Are you not just   Feudalism again?
    •   National Socialism - A crooked statist: violated millions of people's rights by taking them to somewhere they don't want to go; therefore, he is a crooked NAP-violator and one of my biggest enemies!
    •   Anarcho-Fascism - You're literally just a commie troll to make me look stupid, aren't you?
    •   Keynesianism - Statist cuck who's devaluating our currency and ruining the economy!
    •   Corporatocracy - Big corporations can be just as exploitative (not only to the free market but to people's lives) as an authoritarian government; oh, and also, GAMESTOP TO THE MOON! $GME, $GME, $GME, $GME, $GME, $GME...
    •   Kleptocracy - Another crony fuck who exploits the free market for himself!
    •   Plutocracy - What makes you think that I should simp for you? Just because you're rich doesn't mean you're automatically OK in my book! You'll be just like any other government officials.
    •   Monetarism - END THE FED! You cancerous NAP-violator!
    •   Social Democracy - Stop raising taxes on the rich, you far-left communist! Just let the free market take care of everything!
    •   Georgism - Damn the land commies! At least, you're a fellow capitalist, though.
    •   Social Libertarianism - You call yourself a lolbert yet want the government to give you my money, perfidious socialist!
    •   Neoconservatism - Yo, so I heard you like to go to foreign countries and kill all their people for your statist agenda?! Bro, what the hell is wrong with you?! It's totally not the same when I use child slavery in the third world!
    •   Democratic Socialism - Bernie is a tyrannical commie! Screw your dream welfare state: He's literally trying to turn the U.S. into a planned economy! Do YOU want our country turn into the next Soviet Union?!
    •   Ochlocracy - Hive-Mind-lite that doesn't care about the individual and violates the NAP.
    •   Hive-Mind Collectivism - The future the goddamn commies want!
    •   Marxist Feminism - stay in the kitchen and then get to helicoper femicommie

    Further Information

    For overlapping political theory, see:

      Classical Liberalism •   Austrolibertarianism •   Anarcho-Individualism •   Libertarianism
      Objectivism •   Hoppeanism •   Agorism

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    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism by David Friedman (1973).
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist's View by Murray N. Rothbard
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Anarcho-Capitalism: An Annotated Biography by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
    4. ↑ Rothbardianism in Iraq?
    5. ↑ Anarcho-capitalism, On the state Wikipedia
    6. ↑ The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari
    7. ↑ The Private Production of Defense by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
    8. ↑ The Privatization of roads and highways by Walter Block
    9. ↑ Free banking theory, history, and a Laissez-Faire model by Larry J. Sechrest.
    10. ↑ Hard Money Revolt by Murray Rothbard.
    11. ↑ Reflections on Legal Polycentrism by Gerard N. Casey
    12. ↑ Feudalism: A System of Private Law
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Legal systems very different from ours by David Friedman (2019).
    14. ↑ Chaos Theory by Robert P. Murphy
    15. ↑ The Idea of a Private Law Society by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
    16. ↑ Can Anarcho-Capitalism Work? by Lew Rockwell
    17. ↑ Very Detailed Political Compass by u/u01aua1
    18. ↑ The Republic of Cospaia: An Anarchist Renassance City by Ellie McFarland
    19. ↑ Private Law in the Emerald Isle by Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald
    20. ↑ Private Defense in the History of Genoa by Matteo Salonia
    21. ↑ Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government by Thomas Whiston
    22. ↑ The Production of Security by Gustave De Molinari
    23. ↑ Gustave De Molinari and the Anti-Statist Liberal Tradition Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 by David M. Hart
    24. ↑ Neither the Wars or the Leaders were Great, by Ralph Raico
    25. ↑ Gustave De Molinari's profile on the Mises Institute by Gary Galles
    26. ↑ Social Statics; or the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness by Herbert Spencer
    27. ↑ r/VoluntaristMemes
    28. ↑ Auberon Herbert on compulsorary taxation as the "citadel" of state power (1885)
    29. ↑ Liberty, Volume 15, Number 6, Page 16 by Benjamin Tucker
    30. ↑ On Doing the Right Thing by Albert Jay Nock
    31. ↑ Bertrayal of the American Right, page 188, by Murray Rothbard
    32. ↑ Hoppephobia by Rothbard (1990).
    33. ↑ The Solution of the Social Problem by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon; Chapter V - The Bank of the People; Para. 5.
    34. ↑ Confiscation and the Homestead Principle by Murray Rothbard (1969).

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