Best AnCap flag I have seen!

[ryanpatgray]

@fsk

We’ve had this debate before. It boils down to “What is your definition of ‘capitalism’?” If you define “capitalism” as “ideal perfected free market”, then they’re equivalent. If you define “capitalism” as “the economic and political system in place right now”, then capitalism and market anarchism are nearly complete opposites.

Exactly, it is like the old “You say tomato, I say tomato” debate. Only this is “You say capitalism, I say free market.” I don’t care how you pronounce the word liberty I only care that you support it. If you are an Objectivist I will tell you I support Capitalism. If you are on the Libertarian Left I will tell you I support freedom of association in all things. I don’t care what language you choose to use. We are allies - we should not split over mere terminology. If you are unfamiliar with what I mean by “You say tomato, I say tomato.” Paste in this URL: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=698070

[Niccolo]

@MatthewWilliam

But capitalism and anarchism arn’t complete opposites, right?

Well, I think they are.

[MatthewWilliam]

I see what you mean, Niccolo.

[MacFall]

The flag in the OP is too busy to be effective. I like the market anarchist Gadsden glag personally.

[spires]

I designed that. It works great as a tshirt as somebody mentioned. I wanted to fit lots of history and symbolism into the flag. It may be too busy this way, but would hate to have a sterile, simple looking flag, either. I think personally, that a damask pattern really sums up lots of the ideas associated with market anarchy.

Symbolically, I like gold, but aesthetically, I hate the color. I wish I could use brand the movement with colors that symbolize mankind outgrowing the natural world, really artificial colors that do not correlate to what are basically biological symbols (red as life, because blood is red).

Market anarchy is apolitical, and the flag needs to be apolitical. It can’t be striking or evoke some cheesy sense of unjustified pride. It needs to be a product, for it to make sense. It needs almost to be campy.

[Bostwick]

@Niccolò

What’s an “Ancap?”

Here’s a good flag,

End it here.

The problem with that is that a lot of the people who use it are a lot worse than the “status quo”. You want to talk about apologizing?

[ChaseCola]

@spires

I designed that. It works great as a tshirt as somebody mentioned. I wanted to fit lots of history and symbolism into the flag. It may be too busy this way, but would hate to have a sterile, simple looking flag, either. I think personally, that a damask pattern really sums up lots of the ideas associated with market anarchy.

Symbolically, I like gold, but aesthetically, I hate the color. I wish I could use brand the movement with colors that symbolize mankind outgrowing the natural world, really artificial colors that do not correlate to what are basically biological symbols (red as life, because blood is red).

Market anarchy is apolitical, and the flag needs to be apolitical. It can’t be striking or evoke some cheesy sense of unjustified pride. It needs to be a product, for it to make sense. It needs almost to be campy.

can i buy the shirt? i need the shirt[:P]

[wombatron]

@MacFall

The flag in the OP is too busy to be effective. I like the market anarchist Gadsden glag personally.

Me as well. Subtle, and to the point.

[MacFall]

…glag? O_o

[spires]

It would to nice to create and sell. Haven’t ran the numbers. Although this community represents a fraction of the ancaps out there, the reaction here might be typical. I have had a few people who really loved the design, but not so many to justify a run.

The shirt would have black flocking as the damask pattern, on gold, and would run all the way up to the neck. It would be a great shirt.

[spires]

Here it is as a shirt.