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{{DES | des = Some libertarians claim Irish anarchy was basically anarcho-capitalist and lasted more than a thousand years. This is a cherry-picked claim that ignores the history of kings, slaves, constant warfare and violence and much more. Family, not the individual was the basic unit. | show=}}
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{{DES | des = No. Medieval Ireland was inherently hierarchical, familial and tribal, amongst other things... Unfree labour was a staple of the medieval Irish economy. Slavery was widespread until the early Christian period... So the claim that Ireland was a libertarian utopia is just completely untrue. It is just pure ideologically driven historical revisionism with little regard for historical fact and should be taken as seriously as the "lost cause" ideology also peddled by libertarians. | show=}}
 
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