What MInarchists Actually Believe

This video clears up any confusion people may have had as to what the ideology of Minarchism is. I hope you enjoy

[jimmytheclinicallydepresse]

Well said Arcion. You summed up Minarchy very well. It's the political stance that would describe me well because I hold a lot of libertarian values but I'm not an anarchist. Great work as always.

[Tesseract]

Honestly for me the problem with complete anarchy is that it is inevitable that someone will try to replace it with some kind of socialist government

[dillpickle]

Why is there a random guy working out in the background?

[dillbillA]

I was an ancap until I realized that anarchy is not viable and would eventually result in chaos. Everything they believe is ideal but there has to be a minimal amount of state to enforce the NAP at the very least. I guess a police force, if you will, that makes sure it’s not violated and if it is that those who violated it are reprimanded. Other than that everything else from ancap ideals is pretty spot on. I may have missed a thing or two but that’s the definition of minarchism that I have been told.

[unlimitedpower]

Minarchism is Libertarian. Also as a Minarchist, I don't believe in income tax or any direct tax because that is theft and the state will throw you in a cage for not paying it.

[Ambitious]

I’m a AnCap and if we could get to a Minarchist society and I would be pretty good with it mostly. But I’d prefer a Anarcho-Capitalist society 💛🖤

[austinhenning]

At the risk of sounding like a Libertarian, I don't think you're a Minarchist.

It's not that the state is a necessary evil; it's that a small amount of government offers more liberty than no government.

You don't need taxes for a minarchist state. You don't need a large state to control order. You just need a small enough state to protect liberty, fairly judge criminals, and hold the void which would otherwise be filled in by tyranny.

[Aethuviel]

I am a minarchist because casual libertarians don't go far enough (and have gotten a rather well-deserved reputation for being cringe), and anarchism is a silly idea that will never work. Anarchism would only ever work if EVERYONE agreed to it. If you have an anarchist settlement that is working well, sooner or later (I would give it weeks), someone with guns bigger than yours are going to come in and take over, and you have a government again, complete with extortion powers and the ability to tell you what to do.

Just take how government was born in early medieval Europe. Some farmers live out in the forest, doing what they want and not bothering anyone, and one day, a fancy-clad man rides in with his soldiers, telling the farmers they are now under his protection. For this, he will need a portion of their cattle and produce every year - taxes, and they must follow his laws. "Who do we need your protection against?, the farmers ask. "In case some warlord comes in here and demands things from you!", he says.

Also, people are pack animals and the vast majority of humans are followers. Government will always happen, so it's much easier to ensure it stays small than to try to keep it from forming in the first place, which is an exercise in futility.

[getwiggywithit]

I agree with this all. An anarchist seems to be a recipe for disaster you need something’s to be enforces property rights and what not. Sooner rather than later in an anarchy people will group together and form states so really it takes you back to square one

[DesertStateInEU]

I noticed how badly every Minarchy video is being suppressed. That just proves further that its the most rational system, and if people found out about it they'd go for it in an instant. And of course that would mean the end of most leftist ideologies, big tech can't possibly let that happen.

[robkrieg]

Taxation is always theft, i lean toward minarchism but don't pretend its not theft to make you feel better about it.

[itsyou]

don't really get it and I am pretty new to this debate Micharchy vs Anarchy, but aren't both directing to the same goal AT LEAST the next 90%? If we have reached the point where state became minimal THEN we can debate if the last 10% are needed or not, and if they are NOT, then Minarchists say the same thing like Anarchist and that is to remove it. Minarchist say "only as much state as NEEDED". If we find out we don't NEED the rest 10% than Minarchists and Anarchists are the same.
So what is the debate again?
Maybe the problem is that I assume a gradual path where we have less and less government over time. Only then I see a debate bc Anarchists could say "let's immediatly remove all state" and only then we have a debate bc Minarchists would say "no. Let's keep a little of this and a little of that".
But when we can agree that there is a gradual process, than I can not at all see a difference between Minarchists and Anarchists.

[yniekac]

Great video. Good explanation. I am a minarchist too

[TheEgoAndItsPwn]

I think I'll be responding to this

[Johnathan_The_Terrible]

The three essential roles of government are to enforce contracts in a court system, defend borders with a regular military, and maintain currencies through monetary policy. The problem with anarcho-capitalism is that, without a state present, there is no obvious body that can preform those roles which safeguard a market economy with property rights from invaders or tyrants, and any organization that assumes those tasks effectively shoulders the burden of becoming the de facto government in that society.

[boxoid]

im a minarchist myself n i think it works the best for individual freedom aswell as it not devolving into completely a chaotic feudal nightmare like ancap'ism leads to. The only rlly important laws are those that keep society in a state of peace n order anyway so removing overbearing rules and reducing a government to its most basic and important functions is ideal.

[panchovilla]

Libertarians are not against the state. We are simply against the initiation of force because it’s a violation of freedom. What we anarchists want to know is what exactly would you call a minimal government and why we need them and do we have the right to resist a government and declare sovereignty on ourselves?

[zakadams]

This is probably the natural state of government for the species. City states generated enough structure and culture to benefit the vastly larger space and higher population of hinterlands

[theethicalpirate]

Wanna debate me on the topic on anarchism?

[nicholasmackey]

So believe hierarchy is inevitable regardless of state existence or not