*The Official Anarcho-Capitalism Debate and Discussion Thread. 4/27/07

[ianlippert]

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AC to me seems a bit like communism, great in theory, terrible in practice. I have trouble imagining a situation where AC wouldn't turn into warlordism very quickly, as seems to happen everytime no strong central government exists in a region.


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If you have a hard time believing how AC would be feasible, just imagine the federal government was abandoned. You would then have 52 states competing for tax payers money, and I believe this competition would ameliorate much of the negative effects of democratic states. The major problem with governments is that they have a monopoly over territory and the people that live within them. They can basically do what they want because the costs of leaving are so high.