In simpler terms, productive people don't need government and can only be exploited by it due to the nature of democracy
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Productive people very much need government. Want to deal with foreigners? You need a government that can protect you and negotiate with their sovereign. Want to not get robbed by an invading army? Want to have an environment conducive to moral development of your children?
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No matter what system of government you advocate for, the democratic tendency is still there. How do you ensure your government avoids exploiting minority classes for the benefit of the majority when that will always have the support of the masses?
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Have a King, the King has Dukes, the Dukes have Barons, the Barons have households. No democratic tendencies at all. Taking from one set of households to benefit another set takes away from one Baron to benefit another so the second Baron uses his power to protect his clients.
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All you've done in your example is shrink the pool that each ring of government has to be accountable to, it doesn't remove the democratic tendency. The Baron has to keep the majority of his households happy. If that means... 1/2
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Why do you think the Baron has to keep "the majority of his households happy"? Do you imagine this is an elected office? He has to keep *all* his households compliant - that's it.
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Compliant, sure, use whatever term that means "preventing revolt" you wish.
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The point is then unless you allow households to chose their own lords, the democratic tendency cannot be removed, since there is no escape for the minority. Only anarchy can protect political minorities by allowing them to chose their own lords.
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Anarcho-capitalism is what we have right now only the single protective agency decided that taking over all territory and ruling unopposed is more profitable for them - then it broke down into being controlled by its employees.
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then its no longer anarcho capitalism lol I can just as easily state we are living in "failed feudalism" if we want to pretend that words don't have meanings
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"Feudalism" describes a system of governance. Ancap is a hopeful description of what a ruler will do if interested in profit (but of course, power is above profit in the hierarchy of concerns). I'm a monarchist - I can say "we don't have a King and we'd be better off with one".
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"Right to govern" is a different type of property but it's just as real as other claims on property. Primary vs secondary property.
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