The Anarcho Capitalist Proposal

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The true anarcho capitalist proposal is that it makes no claims on the organization of the world as such, nor does it sort of offer a recipe to humanity for its salvation. In fact, it's the opposite in the sense that it thrives on variation and diversity, right? It kind of, it needs there to be the co-evil existence of many different forms of production and social organization. And when you think of it that way, then, you know, combined and uneven development, not a problem at all, you need it. Let's get more of it. We're just saying the way that capitalist logic works in the world and we're just calling that politics," he says

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we already live in their world, a world of zones—places where special rules tailor-made for capitalists prevail over the ordinary laws of the nation-state. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Listen to Quinn's interview on Globalists thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-neoliberalism-with-quinn-slobodian Buy Angela Davis: An Autobiography haymarketbooks.org/books/2001-angela-davis Buy Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you