Anarcho-Capitalism on the 12 Axes

Anarcho-capitalism was developed mainly by Murray Rothbard in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing on the Austrian School of economics, 19th century individualist anarchists and the natural rights tradition. Rothbard's For a New Liberty (1973) and The Ethics of Liberty set out the core idea: the nonaggression principle and self-ownership rule out taxation and the state. David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom (1973) defended the same goal on economic rather than moral grounds, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe later added a critique of democracy. Under anarcho-capitalism, private defense agencies and arbitration firms would replace police and courts. Compared with Right-Libertarianism, it keeps no minimal state. Compared with Voluntaryism, it is a wider economic program rather than mainly a method of nonviolent withdrawal.

• Voluntaryism 89%Voluntaryism holds that all human relations should be voluntary, rejecting the state, taxation and even voting as forms of coercion, and seeking change through persuasion and peaceful withdrawal.
• Right-Libertarianism 82%Right-libertarianism wants a minimal state limited to police, courts and defense, with free markets, strong property rights and very low taxes, and broad freedom in personal life.
• Classical Liberalism 76%Classical liberalism defends individual liberty, private property, free markets and the rule of law, with a limited government whose main job is to protect citizens' rights.
• Objectivism 72%Objectivism is Ayn Rand's philosophy of reason, rational self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism, holding that each person should live for their own sake and the state should only protect rights.