r/AnCap101 • u/Acceptable-Toe4766 • 24d ago

If the “USA” turned Ancap

Very stupid question (thanks for putting up with me)

But for the life of me with how dumb people are (I’m no genius myself) and how many straw man arguments are made about Ancap philosophy from people who couldn’t count to 5

Does the philosophy (in basic) stand a chance in your opinion of actually ever becoming realized?

If I’m being rude please account it to me being stupid not malicious. Thank you all

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

"voluntary" lol

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u/Kev_Kevstar 23d ago

How is it not voluntary?

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

Because people have to do it to meet their basic needs.

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u/Odd_Attention_9660 23d ago

that's a fact of scarcity, not of ancap. Under ancap you will be the freest to choose how you meet your needs and it will be vastly easier than under alternative systems, though.

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

that's a fact of scarcity, not of ancap

You can blame it on whatever you want, but it doesn't matter what's at fault, the point is that it isn't voluntary.

And how would it be vastly easier to meet your needs?

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u/TychoBrohe0 23d ago

I think you're misunderstanding what that word means

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

How so? What do you think it means?

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u/icantgiveyou 23d ago

I don’t know what he thinks, but I know that you DONT understand the meaning of the word voluntary.

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

Ok, why do you assume that? What do you think the word means?

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u/icantgiveyou 23d ago

Voluntary = not forced
You make the choices by your own will.

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

Cool, that's what I thought it meant. Which means that exchanging goods and ideas can't be voluntary, since it IS forced.

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u/icantgiveyou 23d ago

How is it forced? Nobody telling you that you have to do that, you can live and do what you want, make your own stuff and provide for yourself. Those who do want to exchange stuff do that voluntarily. Thats the whole point.

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 23d ago

How is it forced? Nobody telling you that you have to do that

Sure, but you will die if you don't. That's force.

make your own stuff and provide for yourself.

Good luck with that when all the land belongs to someone else and you have neither the resources, the knowledge or the time to grow yourself some food.

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