On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:48:57 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <
jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Razer <
rayzer@riseup.net>
> The issue I'm having reading this thread about the US Erections is
> this list is ostensibly Anarchist and I don't understand why it's
> infested almost exclusively by Libertarians. Libertarians CANNOT be
> Anarchist ... because they believe in government. Small, but they
> BELIEVE that the US political system actually works in the interest
> of the people, or it can be made so.
>
> Not exactly, There are "anarchist libertarians" and "minarchist
> libertarians".
No. So called 'minarchist' 'libertarians' are just statists,
not libertarians. They believe in murdering anyone who doesn't
obey the Holy State.
>I was one of the latter, before 1995 when I
> discovered/invented my AP system.
So you were a plain old statist who didn't study libertarian
philosophy well enough.
> Afterwards, I realized not only
> that having no government was possible, it was essentially
> inevitable.
That is not true. Your AP system isn't going to magically get
rid of government. There's absolutely no reason why it must
'inevitable' lead to anarchy.
To sum up : actual and consistent libertarians existed way
before 'assasination politics'. Consistent libertarianism has
nothing to do with utilitarian and or 'practical'
considerations.
> Note: It is, strictly speaking, incorrect to say:
> "Libertarians CANNOT be Anarchist ...because they believe in
> government."Libertarians believe in a certain set of limits to
> people's relationships and interactions with other people. A
> Libertarian may believe that a small government is tolerable, and
> maybe still necessary; other libertarians may believe that a stable
> anarchy is possible. (As I now do.) Jim Bell