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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 12:57 AM

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    Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    I haven't noticed any poll options, so for those who'd like to make their stances known feel free to post here to identify your (current) position.

    #1. Minarchist

    #2. Anarchist

    #3. Other (please elaborate)

     

    I'm a member of the second camp.

     

    [EDIT: It's also understood that all comments of which of the above is "right" will be saved for other threads.]

    "Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears." - Gian Carlo Menotti

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 3:16 AM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

     I guess the second camp has now two members Wink

    One night I dreamed of chewing up my debetcard - there simply is nothing like hard cash in your pocket!

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 8:29 AM In reply to

    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Hoppean market anarchist.

     

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 11:28 AM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

     Evolutionary anarchist.

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 11:50 AM In reply to

    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    I am a paleolibertarian, since I believe that the state has the right to protect the unborn. I am a strong proponent of civil liberties. I am not a Left-Libertarian nor market anarchist because I believe that copyright (NOT patents) createc innovation. I also believe that the state has the right to restrict immigration of the "inferior races." Wink I am a paleolibertarian because Ron Paul is also a paleolibertarian. I am not a minarchist because I hate its utilitarian aspect. Every individual is unique and should be protected. No individual should assassinated in order to benefit the "majority".

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 12:49 PM In reply to

    • Jonatan K
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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    I'm Constitutional Monarchist. Unforunatly I'm hort in time to elaborate.

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 2:22 PM In reply to

    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Rothbardian anarchist. :) 

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 2:30 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

     Ultra-minarchist, currently flirting with anarchism.

    If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 2:44 PM In reply to

    • Terilien
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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Very Moderate Minarchist, and philosophical anachist.

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 3:28 PM In reply to

    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    A minarchist, at the moment.  My position might change after I read more Mises and Rothbard.  I am still fairly new to the Austrian School.   

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 3:38 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    I'd consider myself an anarchist.
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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 3:48 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Anarchist.

    "Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction." -- Benjamin Tucker

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 4:12 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Anarchist.

    ¨ The anarchist is the enemy of humanity, the enemy of all mankind; and his is a deeper degree of criminality than any other. No immigrant is allowed to come to our shores if he is an anarchist; and no paper published here or abroad should be permitted circulation in this country if it propagates anarchistic opinions. ¨ - THE WHITE HOUSE, April 9,1908.
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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 5:36 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    I accept all of the following labels (in alphabetical order) 

    Abolitionist, agorist, agnostic, American, anarcha-feminist, anarchist, anarcho-capitalist, anarcho-liberal, anarchristian, anti-ageist, anti-aggression, anti-classist, anti-fascist, anti-interventionist, anti-nationalist, anti-racist, anti-statist, anti-war, artist, audiophile, austrian, autarchist, author, bibliophile, consistent, diversitarian, Earthling, environmentalist, extreme skeptic, feminist, fiscal conservative, free market anarchist, free marketeer, free market environmentalist, free market liberal, green libertarian, honest, hopeless romantic, human, humanist, ifeminist, individualist, individualist anarchist, individualist feminist, individualist masculist, intellectual, leftist, left-libertarian, left-Rothbardian, left-wing capitalist, *** feminist, liberal, libertarian, libertarian capitalist, libertarian feminist, libertarian masculist, market anarchist, market liberal, Marylander, masculist, moderate, natural lawyer, patriot, philosopher, private propertarian, progressive, propertarian, proletarian, radical, radical libertarian, realist, revolutionary, scientist, sex-positive feminist, skeptic, soft utilitarian, stigmergic socialist, student, thinker, tolerant, voluntaryist, and writer.

    I do not view voting or copyrights to be unethical, however, despite my appreciation of agorism and voluntaryism.

    Short answer: I'm in the second camp.

     

     

    According to this quiz, I am:

    Anarcho-Capitalist

    90%

    Anarcha-Feminist

    85%

    Anarcho-Syndicalist

    35%

    Christian Anarchist

    30%

    Anarcho-Communist

    20%

    Anarcho-Primitivist

    20%

     

    And according to this quiz, I'm:

    Anarchist

    100%

    Republican

    43%

    Communist

    29%

    Democrat

    14%

    Fascist

    0%

    Socialist

    0%

     

    According to this quiz, I am not an anarchist but am a libertarian.

    The ever-baised Political Compass quiz also does not place me where I belong.  Egh.

    Yours, Alex Peak “I’m very optimistic about the future of free-market capitalism. I’m not optimistic about the future of stat[ist] capitalism—or rather, I am optimistic, because I think it will eventually come to an end.” – Murray N. Rothbard, “A Future of Peace and Capitalism,” 1973
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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 5:39 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    allixpeeke:
    *** feminist
    The word "lesbian" was auto-deleted.  Glitch?

    Yours, Alex Peak “I’m very optimistic about the future of free-market capitalism. I’m not optimistic about the future of stat[ist] capitalism—or rather, I am optimistic, because I think it will eventually come to an end.” – Murray N. Rothbard, “A Future of Peace and Capitalism,” 1973
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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 7:19 PM In reply to

    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    That's a lot of labels!

    I consider myself a market anarchist with agorist, left-rothbardian persuasions (that's right, I said left-rothbardian).

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  • Sat, Dec 15 2007 9:54 PM In reply to

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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Left-Libertarian, Market Anarchist, Anti-Minarchist.

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  • Sun, Dec 16 2007 12:16 PM In reply to

    • Paul Grad
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    Re: Minarchist? Anarchist? Other? Come identify yourself here

    Minarchist-Libertarian influenced by Franklin-Jefferson-Hayek-Rothbard.

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