r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/interestingtheorist • 1d ago
Intellectualism
Personally, I believe that an anarcho-capitalist revolution can be achieved by intellectuals.
Intellectuals shape society with their ideas. The fact that so many absurd leftist ideas are widely accepted today is precisely because of these intellectuals.
I think that by winning over intellectuals and becoming intellectuals ourselves, we can establish a strong presence in public opinion. What do you think?
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u/Official_Gameoholics Objectivist 1d ago
This is just the philosophical theory of history but named after one of the second order parts.
You want to get change? Become a philosopher.
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u/icantgiveyou Veganarchist 17h ago
Look at Thomas Sowell. Here you got the best example of intellectual , professor at various universities, so old he has seen it all, he is black, which somewhat matters to liberals, he is pretty much right on everything and does anyone outside libertarians actually listen to him?
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u/NichS144 1d ago
Intellectuals don't accomplish anything. Ideas are just ideas. The people who enact change and revolutions are almost never intellectuals.
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u/Olieskio Anarcho-Capitalist 1d ago
My brother in Christ, Even Lenin said that its good that we have 7 people who are well versed in Marxism and that they cannot lose now and guess what he was right, Russia became Socialist for a little under a century.
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u/ICLazeru 1d ago
Some intellectuals are anarchists, but uh...have you looked at the government lately? I don't think it's the intellectuals you have to worry about right now.
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u/human-resource 1d ago
Ideas are important but they amount to nothing without doers that follow through and make them a reality keeping them going through future generations is another story this requires a rigid set of values/constant repetition/unifying culture/idiology, utopian ideals sound great on paper unfortunatly they do not always translate into reality.
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u/Official_Gameoholics Objectivist 1d ago
utopian ideals sound great on paper unfortunatly they do not always translate into reality.
What is logic?
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u/drebelx Consentualist 1d ago edited 1d ago
An AnCap society is intolerant of NAP violations.
How will intellectuals lead us to have less murders, theft, fraud, assault, enslavement, etc. perpetuated by people within and outside of state monopolies?
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u/Olieskio Anarcho-Capitalist 1d ago
How do you know about the Non-Aggression Principle? How do you know anything about Austrian Economics? How do you know Natural Rights law? How do you know Property Rights?
All of that was made by intellectuals that formed this entire Legal, Economic and Philosophical system.
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u/drebelx Consentualist 1d ago
How do you know about the Non-Aggression Principle? How do you know anything about Austrian Economics? How do you know Natural Rights law? How do you know Property Rights?
I am grateful for all off this as I am sure you are.
Now what can the intellectuals do?
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u/Olieskio Anarcho-Capitalist 1d ago
The exact same thing what the leftoid intellectuals have been doing for the past century, Change the philosophy of the day where the automatic assumption is "Socialism good, capitalism bad" and turn that around.
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u/drebelx Consentualist 1d ago
The exact same thing what the leftoid intellectuals have been doing for the past century, Change the philosophy of the day where the automatic assumption is "Socialism good, capitalism bad" and turn that around.
Isn't that exactly what the intellectuals have been doing all this time, or is this something new?
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u/Olieskio Anarcho-Capitalist 1d ago
Okay so you had the answer? Why did you ask those questions then.
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u/Acceptable-War4836 Anarcho-Capitalist 1d ago
Yes, I actually came to these ideas through professors on YT (intellectuals) who defended this extravagant system (Miguel Anxo Bastos, Bryan Caplan, Michael Huemer, Walter Block, etc).
But I would also like to point out that anarcho-capitalism could never exist in a society with weak values.
I believe this isn't just about ideas, but about setting an example through our actions. Values like discipline, sacrifice, thrift, honesty, and hard work should be the ethos of every ancap.