Objectivist Criticisms of Anarcho-Capitalism

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Dennis HackethalOP, over 1 year ago·#1· Collapse

The anarcho-capitalist stance: competing governments in a single territory would not only work but be superior to having a single government, a monopoly on violence.

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Dennis HackethalOP, over 1 year ago·#23· Collapse

Government creates consent. Without government, there is no consent.

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Dennis HackethalOP, over 1 year ago·#24· Collapse

It doesn’t. Not any more than it creates man’s rights. Whether an interaction is consensual is derived from the nature of the interaction itself.

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