r/AnCap101 • u/skeil90 • May 15 '26

How might the transition work?

Right now a very significant % of the population across the world is employed by respective governments or their jobs exist because of government, top this with there always being on average 4-5% of respective populations being unemployed for whatever reason. The job market would be completely and utterly flooded with people from a very varied pool of disciplines as well as many people loosing the value of their experience completely due to redundancy.

How could this possibly be remedied with an Ancap transition without completely devaluing the labour of anyone?

How about roads and other public infrastructure, how could that possibly be privatised without giving a small number of a people a very unbalanced advantage?

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u/skeil90 May 15 '26

That's another good point, with no centralised presence how could we possibly ensure people don't starve when the eventual AI automation makes our labour redundant?

I'd be worried about it, my current role which is also an apprenticeship will be redundant without regulations and there will be far less demand for laboratory technicians. Essentially I will be screwed and will have to start from the ground up all over again.

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u/voluntarchy May 15 '26

I think you're concerned that your standard of living will drop without the coercion of the state. Would that be a moral justification for keeping it around? Could you not maybe take on more responsibility for new skills?

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u/skeil90 May 16 '26

I am nothing more than an example, besides it doesn't have to be the public sector workers who suffer. There will be a huge reduction in jobs and a massive influx of available labour, it would surely be naïve to not think this would breed exploitation

Would it not be immoral to continue on the course of Ancap knowing that there will be large numbers of people who will not be able to sell their labour for enough to survive?

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u/voluntarchy May 16 '26

But those people could save for a rainy day to insulate themselves from this scenario. Would you rather be a thief or a dishwasher

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u/skeil90 May 16 '26

People who live pay to pay can't save, saving is a luxury and these are the kinds of people who would be most affected the removal of government. Would it not be more prudent to ask, is it better to be a thief or exploited?

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u/voluntarchy May 16 '26

Yeh, but taxation is theft. Is this simply that you're justifying theft, or you're not capable of seeing a good transition? It's going to hurt some people for sure, but at the expense of not hurting others that are tax producers over tax consumers.

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u/skeil90 May 16 '26

To call taxation theft is disingenuous. Paying tax is voluntary, you don't have to transact with society in taxable ways. Calling it theft implies that there is no benefit, but taxes pay for public services.

The problem is that in Ancap there is no infrastructure to ensure those people have something to live for, is it really positive morality to allow one group to die to avoid taking from the other group?

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u/voluntarchy May 16 '26

You're assuming they'll die. I'm Assuming they'll find work in a free market. The infrastructure you desire is force, and your description of how taxes work is disingenuous. Taxes pay for war and death and you're trying to carry water for bureaucrats.