Anarcho-capitalist wrecking ball
Anarchy should be an artefact of history, a conceptual mode of thinking, not an applied art form utilised to consolidate power in the hands of a few rich benefactors. The 21st century has seen the rise of a functional anarcho-capitalism sponsoring politicians whose actions gum up State governance, weaponing procedural rules to affect a complete lack of law making. Democracies live and die by the procedural rules set in play to enable the flow of legislation, and anarcho-capitalist funded politicians subvert those rules to make their countries worse off. Yet, very often those opposed to the anarchistic tendencies do not call out such ill behaviour precisely because they do not want to change the rules lest the opposition weaponise any rules change against them.
This is the trap the US Democratic party and the UK Labour party have fallen into over the last decade. Both countries are suffering from a surfeit anarcho-right wing stochastic tomfoolery, with legislative agendas regularly torpedoed by those whose sole aim is to get attention for themselves. Why abide by democratic norms when you can stamp you foot and get on a talk show? Democracy thrives when pluralism is embedded, yet falls apart when those on the margins are platformed at the expense of actual governance.
Anarcho-capitalism’s central goal is the accumulation of power for those with the resources to…
