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<p>So when was the last time the government broke itself up? Government is the root of all monopolies. A monopoly is not defined by the fact that only one entity offers a service, but the fact that only one entity is allowed to offer a service. For example, would you call a booger taco stand a monopoly since it’s the only one of its kind? Government has a monopoly on the use of force within a given territory since if someone not sanctioned by the state attempts to use force, then they are quickly dealt with.</p>
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<p>Then we are a socialist state (not that I disagree with that) since we have government-enforced monopolies on police, defense, courts, and restrict many other industries. But for some reason, you would likely disagree with my assertion (correct me if I’m wrong).</p>
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<p>So? There were plenty of other taxes. Any form of taxes is not capitalism since capitalism is based on the system of mutually beneficial transactions. Taxes are not mutually beneficial; if they were, then the State would not need to use threats to get people to pay them.</p>
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<p>How are you judging America to be not close to socialism and close to capitalism? As I said before, something as fundamental as defense and justice was not allowed to be provided by non-governmentally-sanctioned organizations in the 1800’s.</p>
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<p>This is the worst part of your post. Not only are the anarcho-capitalists (like myself) known for being against protectionism, but also the Libertarian political party and Ron Paul platform are anti-protectionist (not that I consider either of these two groups to be true libertarians, but I’m showing that you’re wrong using any definition of libertarian).</p>