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Ron Paul doesn't have a chance. He never did.
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Good argument [/sarcasm]
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Classical liberalism has existed in America since it was founded, how can you say that Anarcho-Capitalist theory has never been applied in practice when many of our founding fathers did in fact believe in it? Thankfully activist judges and congressmen did away with it over time, but it's an economic theory that has certainly influenced American politicians for over 200 years. Many institutions even today are still based in Anarcho-Capitalist theory, health care being the most obvious example.
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No, our founding fathers believed in libertarianism with a minimal government, which is why the put a government in place. They were influenced by laissez-faire capitalism, but not anarcho-capitalism. Anarcho-capitalism is not just an economic theory. It is a theory that includes how governing forces will be under an anarchic society with capitalism. Wikipedia describes it as abolishing the state and replacing it with free markets. I think you are misinterpreting with anarcho-capitalism is.
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It's also an economic theory that is inherently flawed, since it doesn't take into account the free rider problem, market distortions, the fact that all goods would not be consumed at the same rate, or any other problems that would arise in a pure capitalist society. Not to mention the fact that Anarcho-Capitalism, just in title alone, is a paradox. Capitalism doesn't simply exist by itself, the government is what grants you private property and individual rights. As an economic theory it's almost laughable. It would fall apart even sooner than pure Communism, because the detrimental affects would be felt almost immediately.
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1. These problems would not necessarily happen seeing we haven't observed free market capitalism to the extent where no state is present.
2. Social contracts are what create individual rights and again, you don't understand what anarcho-capitalism is. There would still be police forces under anarcho-capitalism that would protect individual rights. There would be no state and these police forces would be owned through private enterprise.
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My opinions and ideals don't even matter here. We're not talking about me, we're talking about you.
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I understand that, but I would at least like to know your standpoint.