Why are we not moving to somalia?

[DennisLeeWilson]

@GilesStratton

This is why I really don’t think it makes sense for anarchists to automatically assume the minarchists are our allies, they’re not, they’re just one other type of statist, granted, they believe in less government than the rest but they still believe in the use of coercion to reach their ends.

That puts them closer to the communist than it does to the anarchist.

Minarchist?? Actually ministatist is more appropriate!

And that is why I make an appeal for Truth in Labeling in the original post of the discussion 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, …