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Date Posted: 09:20:51 01/31/00 Mon
Author: jack
Subject: Re: Minarchist or Anarchist?
In reply to: GF 's message, "Minarchist or Anarchist?" on 04:13:45 01/30/00 Sun

> I've never really pinned myself down, as to whether
> I'm a minarchist or an anarchist. Yesterday I was
> pinned down by someone who knows me very well every
> way but politically, I guess. She refuses to discuss
> politics because she feels it's irrelevant. She does
> know that I'm of libertarian mind, but she says
> politics is like the weather: you can talk about it
> till you're blue in the face, but you can't do a thing
> about it, except try to stay out of the rain. Why
> spend energy on it that you could be using
> constructively?, she says. She has a point.
>
> Out of the blue she asked me if I was an anarchist. It
> shocked me--partly because that was a point blank
> political question coming from someone who, as far as
> anybody knows, is apolitical--and partly because I
> don't think I've ever really asked myself that
> question. I told her I really don't know.
>
> I explained my position, that I believe that , if
> government should exist, it should only exist on a
> community level. Whether I'm an anarchist or a
> minarchist depends upon whether you consider a fairly
> small bunch of people getting together every once in
> awhile to deal with stuff, a government.
>
> She said it depends upon what I think they should talk
> about. She has a high IQ (very high), and mentally
> intimidates me without meaning to. So I didn't ask her
> what she meant by that (damn ego). So I will have to
> ponder it until I figure it out.
>
> You guys are smart. Maybe you can help me out. I
> believe they should talk about how to solve the
> problems of the community without infringing upon the
> rights of individuals.
>
> Am I minarchist or anarchist?? GF

Sounds to me like you're a libertarian who, after power is wrestled from the federal gov't, would then like to further wrestle it from state gov't and bring it to the local level. From what I've read about anarchists (and I'm quite ignorant on the subject), they would like to do the same but they would then like to run each business like the Twentieth Century Motor Co. of Atlas Shrugged fame; with employees voting on who should get paid how much, etc. Rather akin to a hippie commune except that apparently they would offer a larger product line than just pot and straw baskets. Personally I would prefer to buy pot from a highly efficient multi-national corp, but that's just me. ;)

Jack

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Replies:

Re: Minarchist or Anarchist? -- jack, 09:53:42 01/31/00 Mon
- Free-Market Anarchism -- GF, 11:43:46 01/31/00 Mon
  - Re: Free-Market Anarchism -- jack, 15:52:27 01/31/00 Mon
    - Further thoughts on national defense -- jack, 19:41:35 01/31/00 Mon
    - A little thinking outside of the box. -- bnimble, 06:15:46 02/01/00 Tue
      - "outside of the box"? You've got to be kidding -- jack, 21:40:56 02/03/00 Thu
        Re: "outside of the box"? You've got to be kidding -- Tworock, 09:03:15 02/04/00 Fri
        Re: "outside of the box"? You've got to be kidding -- jack, 18:44:15 02/04/00 Fri
        We of the Blue, Welcome You Jack... -- AM, 20:00:30 02/04/00 Fri
        Alienation -- bnimble, 04:19:13 02/09/00 Wed
        Re: Alienation -- jack, 19:54:27 02/09/00 Wed
        Re: Alienation -- bnimble, 14:49:08 02/10/00 Thu
        Re: Alienation -- jack, 22:20:44 02/10/00 Thu
        Make a 'stab' at a few things. -- bnimble, 06:05:30 02/11/00 Fri
        Re: How enlightening... -- jack, 19:47:34 03/25/00 Sat
        Why I'm not at all surprised. -- bnimble, 08:39:56 03/26/00 Sun
        It's not stars you wankers... -- Katey, 12:24:48 05/16/01 Wed
Re: Minarchist or Anarchist? -- BuddyBub, 13:55:59 04/30/01 Mon