i said politically, not economically. there aren't very many people who want to be completely responsible for their own actions and live their lives how they see fit nor do alot of people want others to do so. Even if we do achieve an ancapistan, it still remains politically impossible because there will always be those in humanity who don't want to be held responsible, even if they fail. It isn't that people aren't willing to succeed, its that they aren't willing to fail. Those who are willing to fail are responsible, those who are willing to fail & succeed will be successful endlessly. Unfortunately, even if just us ancaps set up out own little ancapistan, the next generation might become entitled through prosperity, move left & authoritarian politically, want government and then we're fucking screwed. When the government fails, the "solution" is always more government.
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The non aggression principle only applies to humans, it's ridiculous to think of it in terms of animals. Humans eat animals it's only fair to expect some of them would try to eat us back.
I think that’s a stretch of the NAP too, but some people will use the NAP to justify criminalizing abortion, so I could see someone going in another direction with it here. I don’t think either really fully apply, unless you’re going to start sliding into minarchism, but it would be valid to create a community within an ancap society where vegetarianism or pro lifers lived and shared that way of life. I’ve talked to a lot of ancaps on reddit about that, actually. It seems divided half and half, depending on if you are religious. And so far, no vegetarians on that sub.