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[โ€“] treefrog@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My point was that anarchism is not compatible with capitalism because capital is a form of hierarchy.

And I read your post. Yes, tea party libertarians ultimately lean more big government authoritarian than strict libertarians should.

But libertarians, even ones that aren't in bed with the GOP, aren't anarchist because they ultimately use the power of money and privilege to create hierarchy and control others. They just don't want democracy (i.e. governments) interfering in that power.

That's not anarchy but feudalism.

[โ€“] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's exactly what I've been saying... that is why they cannot call themselves libertarians. It's a corruption of what the term means.