The Anarcho-Capitalist Lean Treats The State As A Landlord

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Police By Subscription, Possibly

Police By Subscription, Possibly

Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the political far right and libertarian frontier.

The Anarcho-Capitalist-Leaner believes the state is, fundamentally, a very expensive landlord we have been overpaying. Our editor Alan Nafzger, of The London Prat, files these field notes on the Anarcho-Capitalist Lean mindset, with help from the Mises Institute and the Cato Institute.

Twenty Things You Learn Watching Anarcho-Capitalist Lean In The Wild

  1. Has explained, at length, that he is anarchist-curious.
  2. Refers to the police as the publicly funded private security with a worse logo.
  3. Believes any function of the state could be, in principle, replaced by a subscription.
  4. Has a fantasy in which postal services are competitive within reason.
  5. Refers to taxation as theft, ideally with a wink.
  6. Considers any sentence about social contract a sort of myth he is willing to tolerate.
  7. Has a binder of Murray Rothbard.
  8. Refers to government regulation as the long, slow rent.
  9. Believes any infrastructure is fine, in principle, in private hands.
  10. Has explained, at a wedding, that the toast is to property and consent.
  11. Refers to public goods as the very small list.
  12. Considers any new licence a sort of structural inconvenience.
  13. Has a soft spot for crypto, gold and self-custody.
  14. Refers to fiat currency as the polite confetti.
  15. Believes any insurance market could replace any welfare programme, given a Tuesday.
  16. Has a fantasy in which arbitration replaces magistrates by elective subscription.
  17. Refers to the BBC as the most expensive uninvited friend.
  18. Considers any compulsory anything a small philosophical itch.
  19. Has explained that he is not, technically, an anarchist, he is anarchist-aligned.
  20. Believes the cure for the country is, fundamentally, a really good marketplace and a really small town hall.

Closing Note From The Editor

If any of the above sounds familiar, you have wandered into a libertarian conference, a country house weekend, or a Bitcoin meetup with very strong opinions. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Onion.

SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/

SOURCE: The London Prat