A short rebuttal of anarcho-capitalism

Lorenzo M Warby
1 min readJul 24, 2020

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Anarcho-capitalists claim that the state is the most dangerous social predator.

That is true.

So, their solution is to abolish the state.*

What happened to stateless societies in history (of which there have been many) that survived long enough?

Eventually, some state took them over.

What part of ‘the most dangerous social predator’ did they not understand?

*The idea that some structures can be built up that can successfully resist states or would-be states that won’t be social predators themselves is a little implausible. Any political philosophy can be rescued if one is allowed to invent the necessary unicorns.

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Lorenzo M Warby
Lorenzo M Warby

Written by Lorenzo M Warby

An accidental small businessman who reads a lot and thinks about what he reads, sometimes productively. Currently writing a book on marriage.

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