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by freedomben 1145 days ago
Just fyi, this is one of the biggest running jokes as a low effort, lazy rebuttal. I'm not saying that's you, just in general It's been refuted ad nauseam and there are mountains of answers to this just a duck duck go search away. Most ancaps/Austrians have spent significant time researching and learning, so the tolerance for low effort over confident retorts on forums is minimal. That's likely why you weren't given a serious answer.

Before people reply to this comment arguing with me about roads, it's worth stating that I'm not an ancap myself and do not believe everything including roads are better privatized.
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polyamid23 1145 days ago
Well this is obviously not a serious answer since the initial statement was: "The problem is that the State exists to abuse the rights of the people"

Which, sure, that's like your opinion man (or you are talking about some North Korea'esque regime). But what can even be argued here?

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mughinn 1145 days ago
Everything the State does robs you of your freedom and gives power to corporations, not in North Korea, in all countries
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malermeister 1145 days ago
Please don't call market extremists Austrian. We, the people of Austria, want nothing to do with them and their philosophy is seen as crazy fringe theories here.
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freedomben 1144 days ago
Point taken, although it's an extremely common/well known term here because it was Austrian economics (such as Mises) that formed the basis of it.

Can you suggest a better term? How would you feel about "Austrian Economics"? I once tried "Mises economics" but that caused a lot of confusion.

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malermeister 1144 days ago
Economics in Austria are still strongly influenced by the legacy of Austromarxism [0] (the city of Vienna is the largest landlord in Europe) and, more recently, the Socialists under Bruno Kreisky [1], who built the modern welfare state.

Given this reality of economics in Austria, the term "Austrian Economics" also seems like a misnomer.

Maybe something like "Austrian Marginalism" would be clearer?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austromarxism [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kreisky

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