| | Is it correct to say that one who believes in anarcho-capitalism is not making a mistake with an Objectivist Princple, but rather is in error in its application?
From my perspective, Anarcho-capitalism, as written by David Friedman and Murray Rothbard, among others, is implemented as a method to protect individual rights. The thought, by those who espouse it, is that it would protect individual rights better than a limited constitutional government. As it has never been tried, it seems to me that there is little evidence that this form of anarchy would realize the vision of its proponents. Yet it might work, and some sort of 'test', (if possible), would either demonstrate its success or its failure. Because empirical evidence could demonstrate the success of this idea, a proponent would not be committing an error in Objectivist Principle. If anything, it would be an error in implementation.
Craig Haynie (Houston)
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