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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I can't think of any serious voluntaryists who claim it's possible to escape the threat of violence. The idea is to be allowed to pick the way you deal with that. Either by yourself or by hiring out that service. It's not as if that's a service that isn't needed when you have a state. That is one of the services the state claims to provide.
This metaphor is going really far but sure. The bears don't need to allow me to pick anything. I'm going to pick. Either guns, or traps, or poison, or fortification, or cooperation with other people. It doesn't bother me if the bear doesn't like that. It bothers me if the state doesn't like that and says "no you have to use our services to deal with the bears or im going to use violence against you." The state is the bigger threat here.