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by beaeglebeachh 773 days ago
Yep which is why I'm ancap anarchist not socialist anarchist which seems almost an oxymoron. You cannot take things from people, like means of production they've produced, and force them to share without aggression.

All anarchism stems from voluntary interactions, which depends on free trade .

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Capital is hierarchy and relies on state violence for coercion power / protecting property ownership
Take away the state and I can self defend my capital from aggression with ak47. Under anarchism then what you going to do? Either you attack me, get someone else to attack me, or have a 'not' state do it.

Or just maybe leave me alone and agree to trade capital voluntarily. All options.

How would you defend your all 100 properties at once without a state? If by capital you mean your personal belongings, then they can easily stay with you. Anti-capitalism concerns monopoly on land, resources, machines relevant for production and intellectual property like patents. Some people don't have access to those and they have to either become slave workers or starve.
Capitalism is based on theft of labour, which is the complete opposite of anarchism. You can either have capitalism or anarchism, not both.

And no, capitalism is not the same as voluntary interactions or free trade, no matter what people keep trying to claim.

I don't believe in stealing labor. I think you should be able to trade your labor for gold or whatever other valuables you like.
Capitalism and markets aren’t the same thing