frevaljee

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[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I do agree to an extent. Anarcho capitalism is perhaps more of a theoretical idea rather than a practical social structure. And it is not possible to uphold the NAP in an absolute sense – it is inevitable to cause aggression in some ways, through e.g. pollution or whatever. And private ownership of natural resources is, let's say tricky.

I am not an anarcho capitalist myself, but I believe society and interactions should be voluntary. But it is difficult to find a practical social structure where that is possible. I am actually rather pessimistic about people tbh, and our track record shows how bad we are at getting along and leaving people be.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Sure, but that wasn't my point. My point is that you have no say, and therefore it isn't voluntary, making it theft technically.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't think I follow your reasoning tbh. What exactly are you comparing? You said that capitalists favour intervening governments, which is simply not true. Not in any general sense anyway.

Anarcho capitalism is probably as far into anarchy you can go. They want to completely abolish the state and enforce property rights privately.

Or are you saying that such a society will fall into some kind of feudalism? At the core of anarcho capitalism is the NAP which is not really compatible with feudalism. In feudalism you have a hierarchy not based on voluntarism, and that would therefore not be anarcho capitalist.

Do you imply that we need a strong state with a monopoly on violence to keep us in check, otherwise we would descend into chaos? Thats a pretty bleak and pessimistic view of mankind.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

A government which only enforces private property rights is still significantly smaller than most alternatives.

Enforcement of private property rights is a part of virtually all governments, and then you pile all other stuff on top of that hence making the government bigger.

And ofc the taxes will be below the profits, no sane person would make any investments in anything if it was above the profits.

Edit: and to add, many hardcore capitalists, like minarchists, libertarians, or anarcho capitalists, propose that you don't even need a government to enforce private property rights. They'd rather solve that issue privately.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Oh yes, an ideology defined by private ownership and small government intervention is also somehow responsible for the basis of government intervention - taxes.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About the second point, it would be neat if "subs" could federate somehow.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I've been a little interested in trying Kagi, but it is quite expensive... Are the results that much better?

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Google has already been a worthless pos for years. Impossible to get relevant results, even with operators. You just get ads and irrelevant SEO sites. And adding "reddit" at the end of the query will probably not work so well in the future either, seeing how that site has also gone to shit.

And they have already tried monopolising the entire internet with their amp bullshit.

So this is just in line with their vision of making the whole internet into a pile of burning shit under their total control.

[–] frevaljee@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Haha no worries, and yes they are so painfully cliche. We should make some bot that auto-replies to the most common ones.

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