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RussianAgent13 8 points ago +8 / -0

which is why most libertarians voted for Trump instead of the fake Libertarian party

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RussianAgent13 2 points ago +2 / -0

US is hybrid democratic socialist (progressive) and capitalist. (of the crony variety) These aren't opposites. Capitalism is economics, socialism is a planned government system. In fact socialism is never sustainable without some (but not truly free) capitalism to support it. Western Europe has figured this out for the most part, although I don't agree with that system. Democratic Socialist =/= Socialist, but the same laws of economics apply to both.

Socialism implies non-profit. Something done for the sake of "the people" even if it's a net drain. If the entities are for-profit companies it defeats the purpose. (I suppose some kind of "smart socialism" that makes money could exist, if you can figure that out.) Many companies do engage in socialistic type behaviors though, so for-profit entities may collaborate to do that. It would still be a hybrid.

IMO the ancap position should be to resist all non-voluntary uncompetitive state authority. That includes if the state is a cabal of private companies. ("corporations" couldn't really exist without some external "state" incorporating them)

I don't really care about ancom philosophy so I'll let someone else answer that. If someone wants to be a communist on their own property that's fine with me.

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RussianAgent13 2 points ago +2 / -0

Some good points. Like many things we really don't know until we get the state out of the way and let the market decide, but it's fun to speculate. I need to look into the history of WiFi. This was my first post so thanks for the detailed answer.

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RussianAgent13 3 points ago +3 / -0

Absolutely. Typically only little stores and scalpers - aka independent resellers that suddenly appear in times of crisis - engage in "price gouging". (unless times get really desperate, but then when everyone is price gouging do you really call it that?)

Price gouging is one of the easiest anti-free market myths to disprove. Even where it might cause problems there's nothing about an-cap that prevents doing things to mitigate those problems.

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RussianAgent13 1 point ago +1 / -0

The good Quiñones.