It’s funny also how his idealized ancap society is a beaurocratic nightmare, in addition to charging you a subscription to the law.

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    I always wonder, how do ancaps plan to administer a change to their proposed system? Through elections? Through revolution? What happens to existing billionaires when we go ancap? Do they just keep their wealth? What happens to everyone in prison? Let go because it was under the old corrupt system? Is school abolished along with the age of consent?

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      Like most idealistic fantasies, they seem to think that if they can just get enough people to support their idea, it will manifest entirely on its own without any need for direct action. The idea that the people who benefit from the system as it is opposing a new system where they won’t benefit is completely incomprehensible to them.

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      The ones who really want it to happen usually think it’ll come about after some great calamity, in the modern day after nuclear war and civilizational collapse. Otherwise they think it’ll just be a mass vibe shift

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        mass vibe shift

        Whenever I ask about this, they’re usually pre-occupied with everyone following the ancap’s specific rules rather than whether anyone would be motivated to do or believe in those rules.

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      I always wonder, how do ancaps plan to administer a change to their proposed system? Through elections? Through revolution?

      You’re presuming a level of foresight and connection to reality that’s not present for most ancaps. All the ones who actually think about this sort of stuff tend to just be neoliberals

      What happens to existing billionaires when we go ancap? Do they just keep their wealth?

      Of course. Billionaires are good and if any aren’t then just do more free market stuff

      What happens to everyone in prison? Let go because it was under the old corrupt system?

      US foreign policy probably

      Is school abolished along with the age of consent?

      It’s cute you even have to ask

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        You’re presuming a level of foresight and connection to reality that’s not present for most ancaps. All the ones who actually think about this sort of stuff tend to just be neoliberals

        Oh I know, it’s just fascinating to me that someone could have relatively radical political views but simultaneously not have any theory for how to actually execute those political views.

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      My experiences with AnCaps, I honestly think most of them are doing a bit. Like I think politically they’re actually just regular Libertarians but they crank it up to 11 to get a rise out of people. They are aware their ideas are bologna, but they’re hoping by advocating for it hard enough they’ll achieve their actual goal, a society where the central government is weak enough that you can marry multiple of your under-aged nieces and smoke homemade meth in your unlicensed car.

      Honestly idk why these AnCaps just don’t move to Idaho, their utopia already exists.