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Appendix : Anarchism and "anarcho"-capitalism
This appendix exists for one reason, namely to explain why the the idea of
"anarcho"-capitalism is a bogus one. While we have covered this topic
in some detail in section F, we thought
that this appendix should be created in order to update and bring
together our critique of
Bryan Caplan's "Anarchist Theory FAQ." Caplan's FAQ is the main
on-line attempt to give the oxymoron of "anarcho"-capitalism some
form of justification and so it is worthwhile explaining, using his
FAQ as the base, why such an attempt fails.
As we will prove, Caplan's FAQ fails in its attempt to prove that
"anarcho" capitalism can be considered as part of the anarchist movement
and in fact his account involves extensive re-writing of history.
This appendix is in two parts, a reply to Caplan's most recent FAQ
release (version 5.2) and an older reply to version 4.1.1 (which was
originally section F.10 of the FAQ). The introduction
to the reply to version 4.1.1 indicates what most anarchists think
of Caplan's FAQ and its claims of "objectivity" as so we will not
repeat ourselves here.
We have decided to include these replies in an appendix as they
are really an addition to the main body of the FAQ. Parties interested
in why Caplan's claims are false can explore this appendix, those
who are interested in anarchist politics can read the FAQ without
having to also read on-line arguments between anarchists and capitalists.
We should, perhaps, thank Caplan for allowing us an opportunity
of explaining the ideas of such people as Proudhon and Tucker, allowing
us to quote them and so bring their ideas to a wider audience and
for indicating that anarchism, in all its forms, has always opposed
capitalism and always will.
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