"Anarcho-Capitalism" is an oxymoron & anarchism derives from socialism

“Every anarchist must be, to begin with, a socialist”

–Mikhail Bakunin

“Anarchism is the no-government form of socialism, in opposition to state-socialism”

–Peter Kropotkin

“There are two forms of socialism: anarchism and state-socialism. One the tradition of liberty, the other authoritarianism”

–Benjamin Tucker

““Anarcho”-capitalism can only ever be considered a form of anarchism based on a complete ignorance and misunderstanding of what anarchism is”

–Murray Bookchin.

I rest my case.

Then may you rest in peace.

Excuse me?

No, excuse me. I should have said “may it rest in peace.” As in your case, not you -

I rest my case.

Are you an anarcho-capitalist?

Are you trying to tell people here that they agree with you now? Because all the other posts indicated that YOU didn’t agree with US. You can’t have it both ways.

I considered myself one before your post, but given the overwhelming evidence presented above I might just have to go back to calling myself a “liberal” and leave “anarchist” and “libertarian” to the socialists.

Well if they said it i guess it must be that way. Darn now what am i to do???

miss socialist here is so smart. I think that anarchists that favor capitalism arent really anarchists. They are just people that want government.. because capitalism is government and socailism is basicaly anarchistic right? miss socialist youre so smart, and btw i like your avocado.

I recommend writing to the Mises Institute to do a literature-wide Ctrl+F “anarcho-capitalism” and replacing it with something that has been pre-approved by the Left**™.**

OK, so call it socialism. Or just anarchism. They’re just labels.

Sheesh.

Anarcho-capitalism is an oxymoron.

Ahh, so that’s us. But, what kind of moron are you?

Nitromoron. Like nitroglycerine - explosive.

At least we’re OxiClean.

But fine, I will indulge you - anarchy means without a government. Surprise!

How about ‘autarchist’ :wink:

Before Rothbard decided anarcho-capitalism was a fine term after all, he wrote:

Modern anarchism I think tends toward the opposite absurdity. You hear anarchism defined as ‘anti-capitalism’ so that is virtually identical to the rhetoric of state socialism. There is barey any difference. In fact, it just seems to only be socialism and not anything else. Rarely do you hear anti-statism that is any more radical than your average Democrat or state socialist. Mainly, complaints about how the police or military are helping capital. Rather than any foundational hatred of the state.

Can people practice free trade and accumulate capital without a state? If the answer yes, anarcho-capitalism is not an oxymoron.

Vitor; good response.