http://libertariananarchy.com/2010/05/the-root-problem-corporations-or-government/ Government is immoral, unnecessary, and doesn't work! Tue, 15 May 2012 21:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://libertariananarchy.com/2010/05/the-root-problem-corporations-or-government/comment-page-1/#comment-4938 ianj Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:35:03 +0000 http://libertariananarchy.com/?p=382#comment-4938 How is anarchism in conflict with capitalism? I would imagine the two compliment one another perfectly. Today, where does government arm its military branch from? Government factories? No; the military industrial complex. It's not free-market, but it is analogous to the free market. An arms industry would flourish just as much in a free marketplace as it would under a corporatist government. The basis of natural rights is the idea that rights, as enunciated by a bill of rights, exist in the state of nature - you have the right to defend your property from theft. You have the right to be secure in your possessions. Government is just one way to ensure that right is protected. How is anarchism in conflict with capitalism? I would imagine the two compliment one another perfectly. Today, where does government arm its military branch from? Government factories? No; the military industrial complex. It's not free-market, but it is analogous to the free market. An arms industry would flourish just as much in a free marketplace as it would under a corporatist government. The basis of natural rights is the idea that rights, as enunciated by a bill of rights, exist in the state of nature – you have the right to defend your property from theft. You have the right to be secure in your possessions. Government is just one way to ensure that right is protected.

]]> http://libertariananarchy.com/2010/05/the-root-problem-corporations-or-government/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Toban Wiebe Sun, 23 May 2010 14:48:43 +0000 http://libertariananarchy.com/?p=382#comment-4316 You're right that we shouldn't dismiss government lightly, even if it is morally offensive. And market anarchist thinkers have done a lot of work showing how voluntary interaction can solve even those problems that supposedly only government can solve. For example, Bruce Benson has written about private law, which emerged in the Middle Ages when international traders created the Law Merchant. Robert Murphy tackled some of these hard issues in 'Chaos Theory'. Stringham's 'Anarchy and the Law' compilation is the complete response to your concern. So I don't think we're out of place dismissing government wholesale. You're right that we shouldn't dismiss government lightly, even if it is morally offensive. And market anarchist thinkers have done a lot of work showing how voluntary interaction can solve even those problems that supposedly only government can solve. For example, Bruce Benson has written about private law, which emerged in the Middle Ages when international traders created the Law Merchant. Robert Murphy tackled some of these hard issues in 'Chaos Theory'. Stringham's 'Anarchy and the Law' compilation is the complete response to your concern. So I don't think we're out of place dismissing government wholesale.

]]> http://libertariananarchy.com/2010/05/the-root-problem-corporations-or-government/comment-page-1/#comment-4312 Greg Thu, 13 May 2010 15:35:05 +0000 http://libertariananarchy.com/?p=382#comment-4312 Government plays a role in the defense of individual rights. Anarchy is in direct conflict with capitalism and rational human governance. There will always be times when human interaction has to be moderated (when one infringes on another's property). The "market" won't fix these types of issues. Nor will the "market" defend your country in case of an invasion. Examine the proper roles of Government before you wholesale dismiss Government as evil. Government plays a role in the defense of individual rights. Anarchy is in direct conflict with capitalism and rational human governance. There will always be times when human interaction has to be moderated (when one infringes on another's property). The "market" won't fix these types of issues. Nor will the "market" defend your country in case of an invasion. Examine the proper roles of Government before you wholesale dismiss Government as evil.

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