Police By Subscription, Crypto By Conviction
Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the British political menagerie.
The Anarcho-Capitalist-Leaner believes the state is fundamentally a very expensive landlord we have been overpaying since 1066. Editor Alan Nafzger of the Editor’s Desk at prat.uk presents the field guide, with help from the Mises Institute and the Cato Institute.
Twenty Tells: Spotting The Anarcho-Capitalist Lean On A British High Street
- Has explained, at length, that he is anarchist-curious.
- Refers to the police as publicly funded private security with a worse logo.
- Holds any function of the state could be, in principle, replaced by a subscription.
- Maintains a fantasy in which postal services are competitive within reason.
- Refers to taxation as theft, ideally with a wink.
- Treats any sentence about social contract as a sort of myth he is willing to tolerate.
- Maintains a binder of Murray Rothbard.
- Refers to government regulation as the long, slow rent.
- Holds any infrastructure is fine, in principle, in private hands.
- Has explained, at a wedding, that the toast is to property and consent.
- Refers to public goods as the very small list.
- Treats any new licence as a sort of structural inconvenience.
- Maintains a soft spot for crypto, gold, and self-custody.
- Refers to fiat currency as the polite confetti.
- Holds any insurance market could replace any welfare programme, given a Tuesday.
- Maintains a fantasy in which arbitration replaces magistrates by elective subscription.
- Refers to the BBC as the most expensive uninvited friend.
- Treats any compulsory anything as a small philosophical itch.
- Has explained he is not, technically, an anarchist, he is anarchist-aligned.
- Believes the cure for the country is fundamentally a really good marketplace and a really small town hall.
Editor’s Note
If any of this rings a bell, you have wandered into a libertarian conference, a country house weekend, or a Bitcoin meet-up with very strong opinions. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Onion.
SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/
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