Rockwell a Minarchist?

[DennisLeeWilson]

@ViennaSausage

@Libertas est Veritas

Does it matter?

Seriously, I hate these threads. It’s kind of like watching a bunch of kids trying to ram a square peg into a round hole. Accept that in reality one’s thought processes can’t be labeled simply with ancap/minarchist/left/right/up/down.

I hate threads that hate threads;). (Does that mean I hate my own thread?)

IMHO, it matters to the extent of developing my own understanding of libertarianism and Austrian Economics. Granted, a label does not necessarily define an individual, but individuals do define labels. Labels appear useful in the capacity of mental heuristics conveying information. Labels may appear accurate, but the precision is in the details. I posited the initial question because Rockwell’s cited writing, while eloquent, whispered ancap, but screamed minarchy.

How about “screamed mini-statism”?

For “understanding” and “TRUTH IN LABELING” about “minarchy”, see the discussion thread that I started on this subject at

Minarchism or ministatism?

Minarchist?? Actually ministatist is more appropriate! When I first encountered the made-up word “minarchist”, I had difficultly understanding what it meant. It certainly was not glaringly obvious. Eventually it became clear that most writers meant a person or position advocating some form of limited state. Yesterday while reading an article by Mark Davis at http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/davis/davis1.html I discovered what minarchists have been trying to obfuscate with their made-up word, …