Anarchy and Poverty
What would be the impact of eliminating the state on poverty? What remedial processes, activities, or institutions designed to respond to the problem of poverty would be appropriate in a stateless society? One way to begin getting at this is to ask how readers of this blog assess the impact of various factors in contributing to the incidence of poverty. (I have no burden to force a definition of this term on anyone. If you post, though, it might help to clarify what you mean by poverty.) I can imagine a credible account of the dynamics underlying poverty incorporating some reference to each of the following factors: Natural disaster. Sincere, responsible choices marked by bad judgment. Irresponsible personal choices. Mental illness or serious personal pathology. Genuinely unpredictable individual market outcomes. Systemic consequences of market outcomes. Legal rules of various kinds which are clearly intended by those who institute them to funnel resources into the pockets of elites. ...