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It's funny also how his idealized ancap society is a beaurocratic nightmare, in addition to charging you a subscription to the law.

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I always wonder, how do ancaps plan to administer a change to their proposed system? Through elections? Through revolution? What happens to existing billionaires when we go ancap? Do they just keep their wealth? What happens to everyone in prison? Let go because it was under the old corrupt system? Is school abolished along with the age of consent?

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The ones who really want it to happen usually think it'll come about after some great calamity, in the modern day after nuclear war and civilizational collapse. Otherwise they think it'll just be a mass vibe shift

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

mass vibe shift

Whenever I ask about this, they're usually pre-occupied with everyone following the ancap's specific rules rather than whether anyone would be motivated to do or believe in those rules.

[–] naom3@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always wonder, how do ancaps plan to administer a change to their proposed system? Through elections? Through revolution?

You’re presuming a level of foresight and connection to reality that’s not present for most ancaps. All the ones who actually think about this sort of stuff tend to just be neoliberals

What happens to existing billionaires when we go ancap? Do they just keep their wealth?

Of course. Billionaires are good and if any aren’t then just do more free market stuff

What happens to everyone in prison? Let go because it was under the old corrupt system?

us-foreign-policy probably

Is school abolished along with the age of consent?

It’s cute you even have to ask

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

You’re presuming a level of foresight and connection to reality that’s not present for most ancaps. All the ones who actually think about this sort of stuff tend to just be neoliberals

Oh I know, it's just fascinating to me that someone could have relatively radical political views but simultaneously not have any theory for how to actually execute those political views.

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My experiences with AnCaps, I honestly think most of them are doing a bit. Like I think politically they're actually just regular Libertarians but they crank it up to 11 to get a rise out of people. They are aware their ideas are bologna, but they're hoping by advocating for it hard enough they'll achieve their actual goal, a society where the central government is weak enough that you can marry multiple of your under-aged nieces and smoke homemade meth in your unlicensed car.

Honestly idk why these AnCaps just don't move to Idaho, their utopia already exists.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Anything that abets, if not supports the "an"cap system...