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'''Anarcho-capitalism''' is a [[Idealism|hyper-idealist]] ideology that seeks the total | '''Anarcho-capitalism''' is a [[Idealism|hyper-idealist]] ideology that seeks the total abolishment of the state, and for the return of a fantasized version of capitalism. Being an extremist form of [[Libertarianism|right-wing libertarianism]], anarcho-capitalists fundimentally reject any sort of class or [[Historical materialism|historical analysis]], instead viewing the only conflict in society as that between the government, and the "[[free market]]". Anarcho-capitalists wish to privatize practically eveything in society, from legal courts, to roads, in order to liberate the people from what they view as "government coercion", and create a "voluntary society".<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Peter Marshall|year=1991|title=Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism|title-url=https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=148|chapter=36|chapter-url=http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/newrightanarchocap.html|publisher=PM Press|isbn=9781604860641|trans-lang=English}}</ref> | ||
Anarcho-capitalism differs from minarchism and mainstream libertarianism in its desire to totally remove any sort of governmental authority, replacing it with absolutely unregulated market forces, such as corporations. Furthermore, in spite of ancaps having "anarcho" in their name, ancapism's place in [[anarchism]] is highly contested by real anarchists, largely because of ancaps' fetishization of the "free market", private ownership of the means of production, and economic stratification, all of which is extremely heterodoxical from the normally socialistic and anti-hierarchical views of anarchists.<ref>{{News citation|author=Richard J. White, Colin C. Williams|newspaper=Ephemera|title=Anarchist economic practices in a ‘capitalist’ society: Some implications for organisation and the future of work|url=http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/anarchist-economic-practices-%E2%80%98capitalist%E2%80%99-society-some-implications-organisation-and | Anarcho-capitalism differs from minarchism and [[Libertarianism|mainstream libertarianism]] in its desire to totally remove any sort of governmental authority, replacing it with absolutely unregulated market forces, such as corporations. Furthermore, in spite of ancaps having "anarcho" in their name, ancapism's place in [[anarchism]] is highly contested by real anarchists, largely because of ancaps' fetishization of the "free market", private ownership of the means of production, and economic stratification, all of which is extremely heterodoxical from the normally socialistic and anti-hierarchical views of anarchists.<ref>{{News citation|author=Richard J. White, Colin C. Williams|newspaper=Ephemera|title=Anarchist economic practices in a ‘capitalist’ society: Some implications for organisation and the future of work|url=http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/anarchist-economic-practices-%E2%80%98capitalist%E2%80%99-society-some-implications-organisation-and}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== | === Orgins === | ||
Anarcho-capitalism is largely based upon the same ideas of [[Right-wing libertarianism|right-libertarianism]], as such, they largely share the same history. | Anarcho-capitalism is largely based upon the same ideas of [[Right-wing libertarianism|right-libertarianism]], as such, they largely share the same history. | ||
=== '''Early | === '''Early Individualist anarchists''' === | ||
Anarcho-capitalism was somewhat augmented by the ideas of early [[ | Anarcho-capitalism was somewhat augmented by the ideas of early [[statesian]] individualist anarchists, namely, in their ideas about both statelessness as well as less regulated economics, which differed from the much more collectivist anarchists of the time.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Right-libertarian economists === | === Right-libertarian economists === | ||
Anarcho-capitalism, being merely a radical form of mainstream libertarianism, was largely created as a result of right-libertarian ideas and adherents, such a Murray Rothbard. | Anarcho-capitalism, being merely a radical form of mainstream libertarianism, was largely created as a result of right-libertarian ideas and adherents, such a [[Murray Rothbard]]. | ||
== Applied Theory == | == Applied Theory == | ||
The society and economy ancaps dream about is, ironically, much closer to a sort of [[feudalism]] than [[capitalism]]. Ancaps view nearly all bad aspects of capitalism as, not capitalism, but rather, “corporatism” or “cronyism”. As such, ancaps largely wish to have the economy be based on small-producers of primitive goods, where people “hire” “private security contractors” to protect themselves, likely in exchange for raw goods, such as food, a very similar arrangement to feudalism. Furthermore, it must be said again that anarcho-capitalists only wish | The society and economy ancaps dream about is, ironically, much closer to a sort of [[feudalism]] than [[capitalism]]. Ancaps view nearly all bad aspects of capitalism as, not capitalism, but rather, “corporatism” or “cronyism”. As such, ancaps largely wish to have the economy be based on small-producers of primitive goods, where people “hire” “private security contractors” to protect themselves, likely in exchange for raw goods, such as food, a very similar arrangement to feudalism. Furthermore, it must be said again that anarcho-capitalists only wish to removal of an organization which ''calls itself'' a “government”, private organizations, such as corporations, while likely remaining small in the beginning of an anarcho-capitalist society, would likely grow (as is expected with capitalism) to such a point where the corporate money-men could maybe start monopolizing on these “private security contractors”, and have these “private security contractors” work out deals where they protect small farms, further making ancapism similar to feudalism. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Utopianism]] | * [[Utopianism]] | ||
* [[Austrian Economics|Austrian economics]] | * [[Austrian Economics|Austrian economics]] | ||
* [[Free market|" | * [[Free market|"free market"]] | ||
== References == | == References == |