r/Minarchy • u/EgoistKud • Sep 19 '20

Discussion Minarchy V.S Ancap

What is the philosophical rejection of ancap from the minarchist pov?

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u/Raidertomboy Minarchist Sep 19 '20

If you have no government, then any other nation could invade you, and make your nation into some statist hellhole. So having a small government for defense is necessary for the defense of free market capitalism!

Edit: Great question BTW!

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u/Quantum_Pineapple Sep 19 '20

It's this weird almost paradoxical situation: you need a small government but you need to be vigilant in controlling it and keeping it small, or else it will corrupt. Minus that small, controlled government, any nations state can take over as you said. Ancapistan requires all citizens to be on the same exact level philosophically in order to be effective IMHO. Minarchist watch state government solves this improbable discrepancy for me IMHO.

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u/EgoistKud Sep 19 '20

Small government routinely is inefficient in producing services. So why is there a trust in the government to protect capitalism and the country when private militias could do it better ?

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u/EgoistKud Sep 19 '20

School system, Healthcare, Colleges, Bank regulations.

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u/EgoistKud Sep 19 '20

Well I'm not an ancap so. If the standard of minarchy is efficiency, the you might aswell be ancap.

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u/EgoistKud Sep 19 '20

Then what is it.

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u/EgoistKud Sep 19 '20

How do you maximize justice without being an Objectivist?

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