Why coercion is an essential and beneficial element of maximal-capitalist society.

[EmperorNero]

@Rettoper

what state do the protestors represent?

of course, the protestors are private entities.

importantly note that out of the detritus of short-lived anarchy in these revolutions I guarantee that maximal-capitalism will not emerge.

In sum, the protests are private unrest motivated to improve the protestors economic condition – hence coercion to obtain economic ends.

doesnt that pretty much undermine your assertion that private entities are not coercive and that they wont use coercion to secure economic ends

No, because states created the barriers that makes these protests artificially profitable.

Remember my sentence: When has large-scale coercion by private entities been worthwhile without state barriers that made it artificially profitable?

We can also scratch ‘large-scale’ from that sentence: No coercion by private entities has ever been worthwhile without state barriers that made it artificially profitable. EmperorNero’s 2nd law. (The first one is that there is no such thing as a rich socialist country.)

@Rettoper

the bottom line is that statists are creatures who cannot compete effectively on the free market – hence they gain desired outcomes by alternate means, including coercion. ANcap society would need constant security to defend against this threat.

also, not everyone is motivated by economic goals, many are motivated by pacifism, egalitarianism, environmentalism, religion, nationalism, culturalism, et al. I dont see how these adherents are going to surrender power without a fight – hence you will always need security.

By “statists” do you mean people who employ coercion? Because usually it means “people who support a strong state”, and that wouldn’t make sense in an anarchist society.

@Rettoper

However, there is no means within ancap society to forestall the emergence of a hegemon defense cartel within a region.

ancap society would quickly devolve into a series of territorial monopoly PDAs similar to today’s geopolitik.

Sure there is, competition. That would be the old debate whether free markets naturally lead to monopolies. I say no, but there is plenty of literature about that on the web.

@Rettoper

unless as you say – resources dont matter in ancap society and statists will automatically become pure and just.

I just dont buy into that belief. Indeed, you could have isolated enclaves that are utterly peaceful, however they would quickly be overrun by more aggressive and violent profit driven enclaves and firms if their resources and land was of any value.

I’m not saying that. I think people will become nicer in general, but deviants will continue to exist.

Peaceful capitalist envlaves would not be overrun by more aggressive and violent profit driven enclaves for the same reason that South Korea isn’t overrun by North Korea; the former would be so much more productive and therefore stronger.