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  * Appendix: Anarchism and “anarcho”-capitalism
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  ** Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan’s “Anarchist Theory FAQ” version 5.2
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  *** 1. Individualist Anarchists and the socialist movement.
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  *** 2. Why is Caplan’s definition of socialism wrong?
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  *** 3. Was Proudhon a socialist or a capitalist?
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  *** 4. Tucker on Property, Communism and Socialism.
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  *** 5. Anarchism and “anarcho”-capitalism
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  *** 6. Appendix: Defining Anarchism
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  **  Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan’s “Anarchist Theory FAQ” version 4.1.1.
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  *** 1 Is anarchism purely negative?
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  *** 2 Anarchism and Equality
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  *** 3 Is anarchism the same thing as socialism?
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  *** 4 Anarchism and dissidents
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  *** 5 How would anarcho-capitalism work?
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  ** Is “anarcho”-capitalism a type of anarchism?
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  *** 1 Are “anarcho”-capitalists really anarchists?
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  **** 1.1 Why is the failure to renounce hierarchy the Achilles Heel of right-wing libertarianism
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  **** 1.2 How libertarian is right-Libertarian theory?
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  **** 1.3 Is right-Libertarian theory scientific in nature?
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  ****  1.4 Is “anarcho”-capitalism a new form of individualist anarchism?
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  *** 2 What do “anarcho”-capitalists mean by “freedom”?
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  **** 2.1 What are the implications of defining liberty in terms of (property) rights?
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  **** 2.2 How does private property affect freedom?
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  **** 2.3 Can “anarcho”-capitalist theory justify the state?
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  **** 2.4 But surely transactions on the market are voluntary?
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  **** 2.5 But surely circumstances are the result of liberty and so cannot be objected to?
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  **** 2.6 Do Libertarian-capitalists support slavery?
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  **** 2.7 But surely abolishing capitalism would restrict liberty?
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  **** 2.8 Why should we reject the “anarcho”-capitalist definitions of freedom and justice?
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  *** 3 Why do anarcho”-capitalists place little or no value on “equality”?
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  **** 3.1 Why is this disregard for equality important?
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  **** 3.2 But what about “anarcho”-capitalist support for charity?
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  *** 4 What is the right-libertarian position on private property?
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  **** 4.1 What is wrong with a “homesteading” theory of property?
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  **** 4.2 Why is the “Lockean Proviso” important?
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  **** 4.3 How does private property effect individualism?
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  **** 4.4 How does private property affect relationships?
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  **** 4.5 Does private property co-ordinate without hierarchy?
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  *** 5 Will privatising “the commons” increase liberty?
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  *** 6 Is “anarcho”-capitalism against the state?
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  **** 6.1 What’s wrong with this “free market” justice?
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  **** 6.2 What are the social consequences of such a system?
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  **** 6.3 But surely market forces will stop abuses by the rich?
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  **** 6.4 Why are these “defence associations” states?
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  **** 6.5 What other effects would “free market” justice have?
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  *** 7 How does the history of “anarcho”-capitalism show that it is not anarchist?
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  **** 7.1 Are competing governments anarchism?
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  **** 7.2 Is government compatible with anarchism?
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  **** 7.3 Can there be a “right-wing” anarchism?
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  *** 8 What role did the state take in the creation of capitalism?
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  **** 8.1 What social forces lay behind the rise of capitalism?
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  **** 8.2 What was the social context of the statement “laissez-faire?”
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  **** 8.3 What other forms did state intervention in creating capitalism take?
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  **** 8.4 Aren’t the enclosures a socialist myth?
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  **** 8.5 What about the lack of enclosures in the Americas?
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  **** 8.6 How did working people view the rise of capitalism?
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  **** 8.7 Why is the history of capitalism important?
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  *** 9 Is Medieval Iceland an example of “anarcho”-capitalism working in practice?
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  *** 10 Would laissez-faire capitalism be stable?
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  **** 10.1 Would privatising banking make capitalism stable?
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  **** 10.2 How does the labour market effect capitalism?
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  **** 10.3 Was laissez-faire capitalism stable?
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  *** 11 What is the myth of “Natural Law”?
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  **** 11.1 Why the term “Natural Law” in the first place?
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  **** 11.2 But “Natural Law” provides protection for individual rights from violation by the State. Those who are against Natural Law desire total rule by the state.
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  **** 11.3 Why is “Natural Law” authoritarian?
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  **** 11.4 Does “Natural Law” actually provides protection for individual liberty?
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  **** 11.5 But Natural Law was discovered, not invented!
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  **** 11.6 Why is the notion of “discovery” contradictory?
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