Thanks for the shout out, brother! Sadly, I feel you’re sorely mistaken in some areas. Regarding Murray Rothbard’s statements on individual liberty and property you said:
He is mistaken, however, in making the assumption that property rights & individual liberty are somehow synonymous.
I’m not sure he was saying they are synonymous, but they are, like it or not, inextricable. I’ll explain why in a second. But I’d like to quote you again first:
Not only does this fly in the face of the history of anarchism (or libertarian socialism as it was most commonly known for the past few hundred years).
This is the logical fallacy known as “appeal to tradition” and says nothing about the veracity of the claim that being anti-free market capitalism is not an anarchist position.
Shifting back a bit again, I honestly find the very concept of land ownership to be completely laughable.
Do you consider the space upon which your residence rests to be your property? If not, it logically follows that anyone at anytime may use that space for any purpose, with or without your permission, does it not? Is that okay with you?
to remind everyone that anarchy is just the foundation, the basis of non-hierarchy, non-violence, of self-ownership, of life-affirming systems.
In order to enjoy and exercise self-ownership, property rights are necessitated. Your body takes up space and requires scarce resources to live. If you cannot acquire and claim exclusive ownership over unowned resources (property) your body will die or you will be violated by others for said resources. Violent conflict is made inevitable in the absence of property norms. It thus stands that to not believe in ownership of property is to reject individual self-ownership.
Anarcho-Capitalists are for voluntary free trade. Full stop. It seems the capitalism you take issue with is the crony capitalism of the state, which I agree is abhorrent. Life is such that even in the absence of corruption, nature demands we work for our survival or die. Nobody has a positive right to make demand on another man to supply his needs.
I would like to say in closing that veganism, animal/sentient being self-ownership is something my views are evolving on, and I thank you for pointing out that aspect.
By the way, you’re blogging right now on a capitalist-incentivized platform in the interest, at least in part, of receiving monetary rewards! ;)