It seems that on this forum there are no minarchists. Everyone is an anarchist. As far as I know most libertarians are minarchists, and most Austrian school adherents are minarchists. So how come there are so few (if any) minarchists on this site?

Kaju hit the point on the head. Most libertarians are minarchist for sure (i.e., Reason and Cato Institute) who aren’t really in tune with Austrianism. You may have a Tea Partier here and there who read The Road to Serfdom (because Glenn Beck told them to), but that does not make them Austrian. The …

I’m a left minarchist Republican.

I would say that it’s because minarchists can’t be bothered posting on this forum, especially on topics related to the minarchism vs. anarchism ‘debate’. This means that on this forum, minarchists aren’t really visible. I know of minarchist libertarians interested in AE that can’t be bothered with …

“I’m a left minarchist Republican.” No offense but what does that mean? I’m just trying to learn.

I am fairly certain he is making fun of the whole thing.

He displayed an excellent ability in rhetorical speech. I never got the impression that he was overly knowledgable about markets. He seemed more concerned with other things.

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filc March 7, 2011, 11:41pm 16

There are generally two types of people here. Those who understand markets and those who don’t. Those who don’t are minarchists and/or some type of socialist. Those that do are generally more market(anarchy) leaning.

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