• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    19 hours 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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      19 hours 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.

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      Fun fact: Conservatism was literally invented by a monarchist in the aftermath of the French revolution trying to find a way for an aristocracy to exist within democracy.

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        Except England wasn’t a democracy at the time, it was a heavily rigged parliamentary system with a limited franchise, and it could be overridden by the Lords. But yeah, conservatism represented the interests of the aristocrats, in opposition to Englightenment notions like equality, accountability, rule of law and meritocracy.

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          I at least was talking about Burke, whose most influential work was talking about the French revolution, not the English revolution(s). That one was, at least in the start, a proper democracy.

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      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.