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I was being ironic - as an anarcho-syndicalist think Rothbard and other libertarians stink, it is their economic ideas that have created the mess much of the world is in today. You are fond of reminding us that 'communism' (undefined) has killed so many people, but you'd be wrong, as it was totalitarian rule under people like Lenin and Stalin that caused so many deaths, but even those shocking figures pale almost into insignificance compared with capitalism that has killed countless millions and continues to kill millions to this day. in the past 13 years neoliberal capitalist economic policies have killed somewhere near 200,000 in the UK alone - or maybe I should say that that figure would still be alive today but for neoliberal economic policies that prioritise the obscene wealth of the few over the lives of the poor and disabled.
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I see that your comparisons are very messed up, in modern anarcho-capitalism, there is no trade unionism, government and much less political parties, who dictates the rules is the people for the people, it is a free agreement of employees and businessmen, thus generating the free market, so do not confuse anarcho-capitalist with anarcho-syndicalist, Murray Newton Rothbard was an American heterodox economist of the Austrian School, historian, and political philosopher who helped define the modern concept of libertarianism. He founded and was the main theorist of a strand of anarchism based on the free market, called anarcho-capitalism.
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Please learn proper English comprehension. I have made no comparisons whatsoever in my comment, merely critiqued an economic system for its clear points of failure and debunked some of the cut & paste brain-dead criticisms of socialism/communism.
I know who Rothbard is as well as Friedman and that fruitloop Rand. It is their ideas that opened the door to Trump, Bolsonaro and Orban.
I could go on, but I won't as it would serve no purpose and besides it would bore everyone else here to tears. For those who may be interested, there is this article which communicates far better than I can just how batshit crazy, and just plain nasty Rothbard was:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard
Make your own minds up about this supposed illuminary who was in favour of child labour, racism and suppression of the poor. And just for good measure, he was misogynist too.
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I know who Rothbard is as well as Friedman and that fruitloop Rand. It is their ideas that opened the door to Trump, Bolsonaro and Orban.
I could go on, but I won't as it would serve no purpose and besides it would bore everyone else here to tears. For those who may be interested, there is this article which communicates far better than I can just how batshit crazy, and just plain nasty Rothbard was:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard
Make your own minds up about this supposed illuminary who was in favour of child labour, racism and suppression of the poor. And just for good measure, he was misogynist too.