http://attackthesystem.com/2009/09/27/libertarianism-an-autopsy/ Pan-Anarchism Against the State, Pan-Secessionism Against the Empire Wed, 23 May 2012 23:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://attackthesystem.com/2009/09/27/libertarianism-an-autopsy/#comment-4123 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:34:00 +0000 http://attackthesystem.com/?p=2058#comment-4123 The fundamental difference between libertarianism and anarchism is that anarchism assumes that wealth will be redistributed extralegally through widespread theft, and does not allow for sufficient property law to prevent this, thus it is broadly leftist, assuming wealth would be more widespread if theft were commonplace. libertarianism retains enough law of some sort to prevent widespread theft, so that the concentration of wealth remains unknown, and is usually assumed to cause further concentration of wealth and is therefore broadly considered rightist. However, again, so many government trade regulations cause concentration of wealth by favoring big businesses over small ones that this also may well not be the case.
In reality, rich people might make better thieves under anarchy, like drug lords, and poor people might make better and more competitive entrepeneurs in an unregulated business environment than most people assume.
-Al

]]> http://attackthesystem.com/2009/09/27/libertarianism-an-autopsy/#comment-4122 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:09:40 +0000 http://attackthesystem.com/?p=2058#comment-4122 The fundamental difference between libertarianism and anarchism is that anarchism assumes that wealth will be redistributed extralegally through widespread theft, and does not allow for sufficient property law to prevent this, thus it is broadly leftist, assuming wealth would be more widespread if theft were commonplace. libertarianism retains enough law of some sort to prevent widespread theft, so that the concentration of wealth remains unknown, and is usually assumed to cause further concentration of wealth and is therefore broadly considered rightist. However, again, so many government trade regulations cause concentration of wealth by favoring big businesses over small ones that this also may well not be the case.
In reality, rich people might make better thieves under anarchy, like drug lords, and poor people might make better and more competitive entrepeneurs in an unregulated business environment than most people assume.
-Al

]]> http://attackthesystem.com/2009/09/27/libertarianism-an-autopsy/#comment-4121 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:53 +0000 http://attackthesystem.com/?p=2058#comment-4121 The Thatcher quote is often taken out of context. The point she was making is that community isn’t the same thing as the state.

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