janw@inmet.UUCP (09/23/86)
[hurst@grc97.UUCP ] /* ---------- "free market economy and state inter" ---------- */ >In following the current discussion between Wingate and nrh about >Libertarian economy, I thought I would post the following list of terms. >[...] A worthwhile attempt. >THE STATE: That institution which interferes with the Free Market through >the direct exercise of coercion or the granting of privileges (backed by >coercion). Not enough: criminals do that, too. State, however, claims a *monopoly* of coercion. >ANARCHISM: That organization of society in which the Free Market operates >freely, without taxes, usury, landlordism, tariffs, or other forms of >coercion or privilege. RIGHT ANARCHISTS predict that in the Free Market >people would voluntarily choose to compete more often than to cooperate. >LEFT ANARCHISTS predict that in the Free Market people would voluntarily >choose to cooperate more often than to compete. If by "right anarchists" you mean anarchocapitalists, then I doubt that your definition is true of them. Competition *is* an integral part of their prediction, but so is cooperation. Two sellers compete; a buyer and a seller cooperate; in particular a labor seller and a labor buyer (employer) do; so do partners. Rather, "right anarchists" predict that people would choose to cooperate through trade; and "left anarchists" that they would choose to cooperate without it. Of course, mixed predictions are possible, too. Jan Wasilewsky