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{{DES | des = A faction of anarchist libertarians who want entirely [[voluntary]] relations, but assume free markets and property (which are not voluntary.)  An exercise in wishful thinking, that the world will voluntarily swirl around your indestructible rights. | show=}}
 
{{DES | des = A faction of anarchist libertarians who want entirely [[voluntary]] relations, but assume free markets and property (which are not voluntary.)  An exercise in wishful thinking, that the world will voluntarily swirl around your indestructible rights. | show=}}
 
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There are lots of problems with voluntaryism that are not obvious from their propaganda.
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First, they must assume property and markets are involuntary.  Otherwise their utopia would not work at all.
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Second, they assume bodies and labor are "fully owned" just like property: which means they also can be transferred, as that is part of ownership.  Which means, of course, that crimes could be punished by transferring ownership to others: slavery.  Or are they going to tell us punishment is voluntary too?
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Third, their idea of freedom is horribly blinkered: they have no vision of publicly usable resources.  If everything is privately owned, your only freedom is your own property.  Every other freedom requires bribing other owners to use their resources.
 
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