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In other words, doesn't a chunk of land set aside for the ancap experiment require a government simply to allow the experiment to run?
Confusion in Political Theory, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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My own take on the ancap position is that the initiation of force is bad, regardless of who does it.
Confusion in Political Theory, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If you think no has the right to initiate physical force, coercion or fraud, that all voluntary exchanges between adults is permissible then you are an “ancap”
Confusion in Political Theory, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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However, why can't I buy ancap-style protection services now?
Why Peaceful Anarchy Fails, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Mention Somalia to an ancap and you get honest recognition that this is a possible consequence of anarchy, but one that we see as acceptable since it's not much worse than governments in the surrounding regions, and in our opinion not terribly likely.
Digging Out the Fundamental Difference, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But trying to come up with scenarios for how a practical ancap protection agency APA could emerge will help reveal why one hasn't emerged to date.
Anarcho-Capitalism and Statist Lock-In, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Rather than a rebuttal, I have an alternative solution, which is to try ancap in a place where the incentive structure is different - see Dynamic Geography.
Anarcho-Capitalism and Statist Lock-In, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Social Anarchists act like douchebags behind the glow of computer screens about the ancap/ansoc divide because
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What you are attacking is an invalid quantifier exchange on the ancap position.
Anarcho-Capitalism and Statist Lock-In, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As to what the world would like look with ancap-style protection services; that's an empirical question we're woefully unable to answer, but predicting what it might be like is the subject of a number of notable volumes and part of an excellent FAQ by Bryan.
Why Peaceful Anarchy Fails, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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