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"The Death-Wish of Anarcho-Communists" by Murray N. Rothbard

Posted by TeresaW 9 years, 8 months ago to Economics
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Know this has been around awhile. Makes such a great point, worth posting/reposting occassionally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fibDNwF8... Economic ignorance at its most comical. "The Death-Wish of Anarcho-Communists" by Murray N. Rothbard

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  • Posted by JaxGary 9 years, 7 months ago
    Humor is only good as long as people understand the parody. Anarchism does not mean "lack of order" it refers to a lack of a government, especially the lack of a central government. Even an anarchist society needs rules of order, and they should be based on consensus rather than actual laws. One example is that most people agree that murder is bad, so the society takes a dim view on those who murder. Murderers will become outcasts and forbidden by consensus to trade with other members of society. No laws does not equate with no rules; the key lies in the source of those rules being with the people rather than emanating from on high via a government edict!
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 9 years, 7 months ago
    Since communism and all versions of collectivism can exist only by having and usurping some GOVERNment" (all having full powers of Force over all it's citizens) renders the term "Anarcho-Communist" a total oxymoron.

    @Jax-Gary got that part right. Anarchy (from the Greeks) means simply no-ruler, which is thus the equivalent to no-government. The web dictionaries add all erroneous terms to their definitions these days, terms such as "chaos" and others.

    The disturbing element of this video is that so many unthinking & brainwashed viewers of that video will latch right onto those irrational non-thoughts.

    Thus NEVER would I post such a video, nor anything linking to it.

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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 7 months ago
    I recommend reading Mark Levin's "Ameritopia". It's a pretty interesting condensed history of the various utopian concepts,which helps when discussing why people arrive at certain forms of government. Hobbes' "Leviathan" is one of those concepts, which assumes that there exists a special elite who know what's best for the rest of us, and that seems to be the direction American society is currently headed. Anarchism is the saddest of the utopian "wonder worlds", as it assumes universal moral nobility, which is obviously non-existent.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago
    No such thing unless those using the title are uneducated and illiterate.

    Anarchism is a strong belief in the absence of ALL government. They are the extremists of the right which in it's milder forms believes in government control by the citizens.

    Communists are the ultimate extremists of the left given their Fascist methods of maintaining control. In it's milder forms, if any such exist, the left believes in government control of the citizens.

    And never the twain shall meet.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 7 months ago
    I think that Rothbard understood that no matter how irrational these people are, deep down in their lizard brains they realize that something is wrong with their thinking. They may not be able to identify it, but as time passes and their attitudes and beliefs crumble, they will, in order to survive, need to change their thinking. To us, the humor is obvious. To them, they must suffer before they realize their stupidity, and it is never funny to them.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 9 years, 7 months ago
    These kinds of YouTube videos can be very useful in illustrating the simple, clear benefits of Objectivism and Capitalism. Would so like to work with you guys to develop them, or at least to develop the storyline, wording and context of them. Socialist/totalitarians are great at this with Jehovah-Witness-type erroneous logic. We need tools like this to sway the thinking person, poisoned by media, liberal parents, and friends.
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