After talking to the people on this forum about anarcho-capitalism, a subject about which many of you are quite passionate, I’ve decided that, while I disagree with some of the ideas of anarcho capitalism, I still personally believe anarcho-capitalism, as a system of governance, deserves its fair shot. However, the decision is not up to me because I don’t have the resources or power to institute such a system, but I do think that maybe working together, it would be possible to make some serious steps in the desired direction. That being said, I’m going to take a leadership model I found in Newt Gingrich’s Real Change and post it here and I am sure that with the cooperation of the forum, we can come up with a functional outline for action:
What do you value?
What vision of success do you have for achieving what you value?
What metrics would tell you whether you are making progress towards your vision?
What strategies would enable you to achieve your vision?
What projects would enable you to implement your strategies successfully? (A project is a definable, delegatable achievement)
What tasks have to be done well to complete each project?
I look forward to your answers, I will try to think of some of my own.
Daniel, I do not “completely disagree” I just remain skeptical about some of the elements of the system. However, I feel that since none of us really knows for sure whether or not my skepticism is warranted, it is important to try the system out. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. But I won’t believe all of it until I see it.
Besides, attacking me personally on this is…unnecessary. I’m just one man. This thread is not an attack on any of you, but an attempt at cohesion. I mean that in the sense that I want to bring the ideas of ancap into an actionable framework.
Therefore, whether or not I’m totally on board with all the philosophy is irrelevant, because this isn’t really about just me.
Haha, guys, we have someone who might be coming around, who is speaking fairly and pretty patiently and all you can do is excoriate him? Let’s accept that each person will come to AnCap (or not) by their own path, and Jacob has given us all quite a nice workout in the meantime.
As to the Newt’s plan, I do see some value in looking at the problem from an alternative perspective. The big caveat is that anarchy can’t really be implemented directly, and it’s more of an individual thing. However, I think the thing about metrics of success is important. If we can’t quantify progress, we have…well…a calculation problem[:O]
We’re not looking for power or resources, we’re looking for an ideological change. If you actually believe in self-ownership, property rights, homesteading, and so forth, then we’re quite happy.
This. I think it’s going to come as an unholy alliance of queer computer geeks and “greedy” Christians. Or what I would prefer to call them: more gentile and logical folk. :3