Thank you so much, i have been waiting for this kind of post since i joined Steemit as i noticed some heavy anarchic discussions and presence here.
While you referred to the anarcho-capitalist, i didn't see a 'definition' of it, i never got what this term could be, would be like the colour black-white...
And i hope you don't mind one last question, there is another word always popping up in these discussions. Many Steemians consider themselves to be liber... (omg, can't recall the word now, libertarians comes to my lips but i would have understood that :-)..)
Anyway, post greatly appreciated and also the book tips, which of all do you advise most for a starter?
Much love and thanks
I would recommend graebers debt the first five thousand years and anarchism and other essays by emma goldman since debt is a good overview of why anarchists are generally against capitalism. Emma Goldman is a decent starting point since she talks about the basis behind anarchism and anarcha-feminism, plus she's pretty good at talking to the average liberal in ways they have a easier way of understanding.
As for anarcho-capitalists, they generally want unregulated free market capitalism with no state, they want the corporations to have more power than they already do and they live by the non aggression principle which is basically the idea that no one should subject other people to anything that goes against their basic nature and that can be as extreme as them not wanting the government to force them to feed their kids, yes ancaps are quite happy to not feed their own children.
The difference between anarchists and libertarians is that libertarians want a small centralized government whilst anarchists want no centralized government. The emphasis is on centralized government with anarchists, anarchists can see the need in a decentralized body but it doesn't make too much sense to have a centralized government in a country that has many languages, cultures and religions.
Libertarian can also refer to the four quadrant political compass where the bottom two sections are marked libertarian, libertarian in that context just refers to decentralized and socially liberal (in favour of individual rights like gay marriage and such) and the quadrant on the left wing is left wing libertarians and anarchists and the right wing being right wing libertarians and "anarchists".
Wow, thanks and thanks! A comment like this makes me believe in the power of this platform!
Beautiful!
A little added history, even though you didn't ask for it, Libertarian did come from the Left wing before it did the right wing, it was seen as a more socially liberal and smaller government version of the USSR, it was in opposition to the USSR, but understanding of the Economic values the USSR had, just not so much the social side of things. Although it is worth noting that Lenin decriminalized Homosexuality way before the americans even had the stonewall riots that led to it being decriminalized. Oh the irony. So yeah, Libertarian literally means someone who chases liberty but in the case of left wing libertarianism its more Social Liberty rather than Economic, we do have Economic liberty just its not in a capitalist system.