Very well said. I am very attracted to AnarchoCapitalist/Libertarian ideals but understand they are most useful as ideas by which other ideas are analyzed. One big problem I can see with it is its rigid individualism allows for mass degeneracy. Things like drugs, abortion, and gay marriage weaken a nation and shouldn't be tolerated, but in a libertarian society those things will be commonplace.
If vices contain their own punishment, why do you need to ban them? (In a society with actual free speech where degeneracy can be discussed openly.)
And if they don't contain their own punishment, then you really shouldn't need to ban them, no?
From an ancap perspective the concept of a nation state is moot. Sure it's degeneracy, but not my circus, not my monkeys.
AnCap criticisms of government systems and authority are fair. However, like u/darth_biden said in his comment, a significant percentage of people are evil, power-hungry psychopaths. So then the problem with the "not my circus, not my monkeys" perspective is that it will inevitably become your circus sooner or later, so a proactive approach toward monkey management is better than a reactive one.
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