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Introduction

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So, Chaos Theory, huh?

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Yeah, it's not actually about Chaos Theory, but it is a really cool title.

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And the book itself may be the most important to date on anarchist theory and its possible application to the real world.

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When I first read the draft of Bob's book, I was blown away by the sheer simplicity of his arguments,

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and other documents, something I think is lacking in much of the existing important anarchist literature.

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As simple explanations, a smart mixture of common sense and slimmed down economic theory

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provide a perfect starting point for the curious non-anarchist, or a fantastic finishing point

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for the committed anti-statist who has a few logistical doubts about the stateless society.

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for a while now since way back when we were regular columnists on lewrockwell.com.

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In May 2001 he helped me set up anti-state.com which has grown into the largest market anarchist

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site on the internet, seriously.

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He continues with this book his generous contribution to the next generation of anarchist evolution

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which seems to have stagnated until recent months.

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The continued expansion of the philosophy of non-aggression and cooperation hinges on the

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ability of its supporters to bring high economic and moral theory down to the level of the

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common man. Bob addresses the most common arguments against the abolition of the state

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and completely obliterates them. Who will protect the borders if there's no state? Nobody,

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moron. There are no borders except for those of private property, and that's defended without

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What about the psycho neighbouring state who has it in for a stateless country that vastly

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outperforms it economically and in every other area? Well, just because there is no state,

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it does not follow that there is no defence. It's a common tactic of statists to accuse

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us of wanting to abolish, say, assistance for poor people since they think that would

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would be impossible without the state, but this isn't true at all. We don't want the

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state to steal our money and give it to those who don't deserve it. We want the right to

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our property, including all our money, and the right to help out whomever we deem deserves

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it. This is consistent with the only rule of libertarianism, the non-aggression principle.

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In the first section, Bob explains how a society without government would still have laws and

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and Regulations. There would be no legal violations of the rights of property owners. In marketanarchy,

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justice would be based on restitution, not retribution, meaning that criminals would

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have to pay back their victims rather than be punished by the sadistic state.

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In the second section, Bob brilliantly tackles the issue of private defense. I refuse to

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To sum up my impression of the book, basically, intelligent, succinct, and, most important

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of all, written in the language of the common person, without the haughty academic snobbery

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so present in the currently available body of work, which tends to be a major problem

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for those of us trying to popularize the movement. This is sure to become a fixture in the personal

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and the classical libraries of countless libertarians and anarchists, and a classic in the realm of anarchist and Austrian economic theory.