[Zygote]

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The problem with this, at a basic level, is that humans throughout our history have tried to gain wealth, power and importance through theft, murder and war.

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You mean statists. Anarcho-capitalists gain wealth through voluntary trade. They only use force in self-defense.

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An anarchistic system of government (lol), would simply create a power vacuum for individual actors to fill and impose their will on the people.

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See... you can't even say this without calling it a government. A society where people impose their will on others through non-voluntary means is a state.

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The idea that somehow these individuals would work to the betterment of society instead of their own gains is foolish and ignorant.

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Can you expand this point? im not sure what you mean relative to this debate?