Objectivist Criticisms of Anarcho-Capitalism

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Dennis HackethalOP revised 10 months ago·#894· Collapse

Harry Binswanger wrote a piece titled ‘Sorry Libertarian Anarchists, Capitalism Requires Government’ for Forbes, criticizing the libertarian position.

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Tragically, the original American theory of [limited] government was breached, shelved, trashed long ago. But that's another story.

Convenient. Maybe if he investigated that story a bit more he’d realize that the government qua institution isn’t all that? The rampant failures of the American government to remain limited are something objectivists need to explain, not just gloss over!

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