Quote (cambovenzi @ Jan 13 2019 05:38am)
The uncountable instances of voluntary private commerce and coexistence in the absence of a state throughout history.
1000 years of Celtic Ireland
The 'wild' west
International trade during medieval times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_mercatoriablack and gray markets were persistent and life saving even during the reign of many murderous lefty tyrants who openly tried to ban capitalism.
A state does not magically make private ownership and trade possible, nor is it the only mechanism to protect markets and property.
Can you be more specific about the year ranges for "Celtic Ireland" because what I'm finding is that they were Feudalist, not Capitalist.....
The wild west had local and federal governments, and towns even did things like requiring you to overturn your weapons when you came into town. Not exactly "absence of state".
International trade during medieval times was hugely state subsidized and borders were enforced. Still not "absence of a state".
The fact is that the only way you can reasonably say to "own" something is if you have the ability to exclude others from it. In absence of a larger entity such as the state that is dependent on your own ability to exert force against others attempting to use it. As such any system in absence of a state can hardly be called capitalist, since your "property" only exists due to the force you can exert, and not any kind of collectively agreed right to property.