The state managed economy represents competition and laissez faire represents cooperation.-- Lyle
capitalism does NOT represent the means only the outcome – profit.
if a capitalist enterprise does not act to gain a profit, it will fail relative to other capitalist enterprises.
moreover, since profit is the only rational outcome in capitalist society coercion to obtain profit will be utilized if peaceful exchange is not possible:
The former is zero-sum and the latter positive-sum. The former holds all things in common and the latter holds all things privately.–Lyle
I believe that the former is zero-sum, in fact it is negative-sum since valued resources are redirect to politically connected individuals and enterprises at the expense of profitable individuals and enterprises.
Moreover, I believe the later is positive-sum to society and both parties when the transaction is voluntary – in the case of coercion within ancap society, the outcome is a positive gain to society and the coercive individual and enterprise that successfully annexes the value resource- but the inefficient individual or enterprise that failed to efficiently manage the lost resource obviously suffers a loss, nonetheless society gains since a heretofore mismanaged resource has been transfer to a more efficient individual or enterprise.
in sum, within ancap society the means used to obtain an outcome is secondary to the end, namely attainment of profit.