The Peaceful, Orderly, Stateless “Vine & Fig Tree” Society


Gateway to Vine & Fig Tree: The Bible says we should beat "swords into plowshares." One name for a swordless society is "anarcho-capitalism.'

Christian Anarcho-Capitalism

Another term for "anarcho-capitalism" is "Liberty Under God."

Liberty Under God

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Objection:

please explain how an entirely lawless society would ensure the contracts were followed, or how the might makes right tendency would be dealt with, or how a totally free market wouldn’t immediately tend toward monopoly, as un/deregulated markets always do.

Responses:

an entirely lawless society

That's a pretty prejudiced view of our world.

 the might makes right tendency

That's a pretty prejudiced view of human nature, and a truncated view of Jesus Christ, "the Savior of the World." Jesus reigns as King today, and even unbelievers "feign obedience."

a totally free market would immediately tend toward monopoly, as un/deregulated markets always do

A "monopoly" exists when a business has no competition. This can arise if a business is so good at serving customers that no customers turn to competing businesses. If this is what customers want, then "monopoly" is a good thing for customers.

Under what circumstances would customers be yearning to give their patronage to a rival business and be unable to do so?

Historically, this has arisen when the "monopoly" business gets a monopoly privilege from a government charter. The vast majority of monopolies in history have been granted as a legal privilege by the State, to favor a business that, perhaps, has made campaign contributions or promises to the regulatory agency.

It is historically a myth to suggest that the State fosters competition, and without a "monopoly of violence" ("government"), no competition would arise to serve consumers at a higher level than consumers are being served by an existing monopoly. If everyone is shopping at MightyMart, what can a government do (constitutionally) to encourage customers to shop at MiniMart? Pass a law against shopping at MightyMart? Is this constitutional, or is it "tyranny?"

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