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Re: Having The Same Argument, Again.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
How is an anarchist, who wants all structures of authority dismantled, the most pure form of a libertarian, who wants all but essential structures (defense, police, courts, etc...) destroyed?
People like to argue against libertarians by ascribing the tenets of anarchism (possibly an oxymoron, I know... but you get what I'm saying) to them. The actual libertarian platform explicitly favors preservation of many government functions. Libertarianism's by definition an argument of degree, anarchism the most absolute of absolutes.
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A lot of anarchists foresee that cooperative, communal arrangements would spontaneously arise after the dissolution of the government. They prefer not to dwell on the idea that coercion of some sort would be involved. This vision seems to me strikingly similar to the libertarian vision of a minimal state protecting private property and the national borders.
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