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Thirty statements · eight minutes

How ancap are you?

Seven topics from the guides, a score for each and what to read next.

Self-ownership and the non-aggression principle

1. Nobody has the right to start force against a peaceful person, not even a government.
2. What you earn honestly belongs to you, not to society.
3. It is fine for the law to take from the rich if the money goes to the poor.
4. Laws should protect people from harming themselves.

Taxes and the state

5. Taxation is a form of theft.
6. Taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society.
7. If most people vote for something, everyone must go along with it.
8. A region should be allowed to leave the country peacefully if its people want to.

Money and Bitcoin

9. Central banks are necessary to keep the economy stable.
10. People should be free to use any money they want, including Bitcoin.
11. The state should be able to see every payment you make, to stop crime.
12. A little inflation is good for the economy.

Law and security

13. Most disputes could be settled by private courts and arbitration instead of state courts.
14. Some services, like defense, can only be provided by a state.
15. An offender should above all compensate the victim, rather than sit in prison at taxpayers' expense.
16. Ordinary adults should be allowed to own a gun for self-defense.

Personal freedom

17. Adults should be free to buy and use any substance they choose.
18. The state should decide which jobs need a license.
19. Adults may agree to anything among themselves that harms nobody else.
20. Speech should only be restricted when it directly calls for violence.
21. Compulsory military service is a legitimate duty to one's country.

Markets and solidarity

22. Minimum wage laws do low-skilled workers more harm than good.
23. The government should run the healthcare system.
24. Price ceilings are a good way to fight high prices.
25. Charity and mutual aid could replace most of the welfare state.
26. Roads, schools and other public goods could be provided without taxes.

The road to freedom

27. Elections are the right way to make society freer.
28. It is fine to trade outside the state's control.
29. Building parallel institutions matters more than winning elections.
30. It is right to keep savings in a form the state cannot easily seize.

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