Quote from: jpinkman on July 17, 2012, 03:11 pmQuote from: anarcho47 on July 15, 2012, 03:47 pmFind me one instance where a monopoly has been able to actually exist within any market, WITHOUT the use of government force (and excluding the absolutely inane idea of intellectual "property", which is also a government construct). Otherwise, your entire post was just a long-assed waste of time and possible carpeltunnel.Huh? Look, if you're going to define yourself as an anarcho-capitalist don't you think you owe it to your brand of libertarian anarchism to be able to coherently defend your movement's ideals? I see you trying real hard ... you've put a lot of effort into trying to connect the unfair, anti-competitive practices of the private sector monopolies we've been discussing to being all the fault of government regulation and force. But so far, you've done a piss poor job of explaining how the two are related at all and I sense your mounting frustration. I'm sorry you didn't take kindly to my suggestion to take an economics class, but I made it sincerely. Don't you want to have a firmer platform from which to engage in debate in hopes of one day being able to eviscerate your opponent? I've met some sharp libertarian anarchists capable of mounting a cogent and impassioned defense of their politico-economic philosophy. But knowledge of economics was imperative to shoring up innate weaknesses. This is not a knock on libertarianism per se, since all political philosophies have their unique strengths and weaknesses, I'm just trying to emphasize the importance of economics when debating politics since they go hand in hand. And really, a social science based on tenets of personal self interest and finance should appeal to hardcore capitalists of all persuasions, and even more so to one that defines himself as an anarcho-capitalist. :) Oh, and BTW, I learned a long time ago that carpel tunnel can be avoided by practicing good posture when you type. You should try it. :)and again, I'll ask you for just one.I'm too busy BEING to sit and type for hours. Hence the fact I'm on here at 1:30 in the morning replying to the inane ramblings of someone attempting to define what I live by. Give me a tangible example (if you could ever possibly find one) and I'll give you several hundred that prove the exact opposite of the point you are uselessly trying to make. Monopoly is not possible without monopoly violence, i.e. government. Show me one instance where it was, that lasted more than the two seconds it takes for a competing entrepreneur to smell those fat margins and start setting up shop.Why don't you give my username a search and read through some of the posts on economics I have done here over the past 13 months. I don't have the time to do it now as it's busy season for my business and it's fucking BUSY (this is (one of) my legit businesses I'm talking about, here). I'm still not seeing any point to the last few paragraphs you wrote - good posture or not - as you basically just made a long-winded attempt at patronizing my understanding of economics. All I asked for was one, single instance of monopoly where government wasn't involved. Still waiting, here.