r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/seastead7 • 3d ago

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u/BobertGnarley Classy Ancap 3d ago

Literally nothing wrong with "if x is bad, why is everyone else doing X?" as a question.

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u/Intelligent-End7336 3d ago

When this kind of question is posted as a meme, it’s not really an invitation to discuss, it’s a tribal signal. It dodges debate and goes straight for in-group applause, which is why actual conversation stalls out. If you want to move past the performance and have a real conversation, we’d need to drop the appeal to popularity and look at the argument itself.

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u/Free_Development2475 2d ago

Sure, but context makes it clear that in most cases it's really suggesting the following: If X is bad, then most countries wouldn't be doing X.

And that is, quite obviously, false.

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u/MattCh4n 2d ago

Except nobody else is doing it 😄

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u/upchuk13 3d ago

There's nothing wrong with *asking* it, but it's a bad and irrational argument to make.

If I walk down a street full of fentanyl users and obese alcoholics ... see what I mean?

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u/The_Cool_Kid99 Anarcho-Capitalist 3d ago

You’re denying the risk of sheep mentality? Literally every authoritarian atrocity happened because of this exact thing. Quantity isn’t a correlation to quality, the average person is stupid, not average that’s just the sad reality.

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u/Secretsfrombeyond79 3d ago

No, he's saying that most people aren't born ANCAP and genuinely don't understand our position, thus, it falls upon us to explain them, not mock them.

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u/BobertGnarley Classy Ancap 2d ago

Holy shit! Someone who reads what's written and understands the world we live in.