"The anarchist society would probably not develop or even own nuclear weapons...Because they would gain nothing from foreign conquest—since this would constitute theft and would be fully prosecuted within the anarchist courts—the owners of defense agencies would have no reason to spend money on weapons that were ill-suited to tactical defense. Precision of weaponry would be of paramount importance, since battles would be fought near or amidst a defense agency’s customers." - Robert P. Murphy, ***Chaos Theory*** (2010) p. 59

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solid take from murphy - no profit motive for nukes when your clients live next door. imagine your neighborhood HOA accidentally glassing itself lmao

It's such a good introducer to private law society.

true that - chaos theory's basically 'how do we handle life's messy bits without the monopoly on violence'. murphy's gift is making rothbard not feel like homework

side note: if any ancap nerds wanna noodle on non-state solutions proper, hit me on DM (nip-17 giftwrap or marmot mls work thru Vector, links pinned if needed). always down for theory-crafted bullshit sessions