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You're begging the question "how would the presence of 'sheep' inhibit the success of voluntaryist systems?
A little sure.
It is still a valid thought.
For example:
There are many with "liberal"/democrat ideas fleeing their areas and moving into "conservative"/republican areas, but bringing garbage policies with them.
How would an Ancap "community" defend against invasion of garbage ideas?
Ah. I think one advantage an ancap society would have is that there would be no politics. So like this situation you're describing, democrats can elect legislators and officials who can change the culture of Texas by force in a way that's generally accepted as legitimate. Whereas in an qncap social, those channels to change things by force won't exist in a legitimate way.
The other is that most ancaps agree that in a society governed by the NAP, you would have lots of mini societies. A voluntary commune or socialist community, or religious covenant could theoretically exist without violating the NAP. In which case, there wouldn't be as much utility in forcing your culture onto other people.
If you're new to this philosophy, I'd recommend reading or listening to Tom Woods. He makes the libertarian argument very strong and accessible to everyone. It's hard to find him making weak arguments about any of this stuff.
Thanks for the reference. Will read when able.
The left-wing riots that we've just seen (including BLM, Antifa, etc) are a very expressive example. Imagine what would happen if their government checks went down to zero! And all the government-dependent "intellectuals" (college professors, politicians, lawyers, corrupt business cronies, etc) would lead them...
The only way to freedom is secession - to build voluntary new nations, focusing on quality of people rather their quantity. There should be myriads of competing start-up micronations (on land, seasteading, and eventually space-stations), each with its own membership criteria and contractual rules.
Being forced to live under socialism, with all brains and capital seceding from them, is exactly the punishment that the socialists deserve.
"membership criteria and contractual rules."
That kind of sounds like another word.
Why not become Amish?