No.39: System comparison: anarcho-capitalism vs Electric Technocracy
- Mike Miller
- Jun 6
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 7
Anarcho-Capitalism – Freedom to the Point of Abolishing Law
I. Definition: What is Anarcho-Capitalism?
Anarcho-capitalism is a radical form of libertarianism that rejects all state intervention and seeks to regulate all social relations through free markets—including policing, justice, security, and infrastructure. The state is viewed as unnecessary or even illegitimate coercion. In its place, competition and private property are expected to organize everything.
II. Core Features
Privatization of all public goods: Education, security, judiciary, and transportation become services in the free market
Absolute individualism: The individual is solely responsible for their actions and survival
Contract instead of constitution: Private contracts replace laws and human rights
No central authority: No overarching instance to protect the vulnerable or mediate conflicts
III. Critical Weaknesses
Power Through Wealth – Not Justice
Without collective rules, those with the most capital win. Justice becomes purchasable, social safety nets vanish
Law Becomes a Commodity
When private security firms decide over life and death, basic rights become negotiable—whoever pays, decides
No Protection for the Weak
Children, the elderly, the sick, and the poor lose any chance of participation in the “voluntary” market. Solidarity becomes an optional, rarely chosen service
Fragmentation and Chaos
If everyone buys their own “legal system,” no shared norms remain. Multiple power centers arise, undermining stability
IV. Historical and Practical Examples
Somalia in the 1990s: After state collapse, pseudo-anarcho-capitalist structures emerged—private militias, extortion systems, no public law
Privatized city projects like “Prospera” in Honduras: Experiments with stateless legal zones face heavy criticism for lacking transparency and accountability
Silicon Valley ideologues: Investors like Peter Thiel promote “seasteading”—floating states free from national and international law
V. Comparison to Electronic Technocracy
Anarcho-Capitalism | Electronic Technocracy |
Law through wealth and power | Law through transparent, data-based ethics |
No collective responsibility | Solidarity algorithms for justice |
Power of the wealthy | Balance through digital participation |
Systemic insecurity | Systemic stability through computational logic |
VI. Conclusion
Anarcho-capitalism is not a vision of freedom, but a regression to the law of the strongest—masked by neoliberal rhetoric. It is the logical endpoint of a system in which humans are reduced to consumers. Without collective values, without social feedback—there is no future.
In contrast, Electronic Technocracy offers a reordering of the world that algorithmically balances both freedom and justice—not through profit, but through a logic of the common good.
Wikipedia Links
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PoliticalWiki: Electric Technocracy
Elektrische Technokratie Podcast & Song
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