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    Fox News Host Eric Bolling Declares: “I’m An Anarcho-capitalist”

    I don't think he knows what those words mean.

    And what's up with this? Do the anarcho-capitalists have a uniform?

    We may be overly capitalists, anarcho-capitalist. I know I am. I’m proud of it. That’s why I wore this today.
    You can hear his remark at 3:25





    Fox News’ Host of “The Five,” Eric Bolling came out and declared himself an “Anarcho-capitalist,” the radical libertarian school of thought which declares the primacy of the individual over the collective.

    In a segment discussing Millenials and their stance on socialism, Bolling stated:

    Let’s talk about the difference between socialism and capitalism, OK? You may not like the extent to which we are capitalists. We may be overly capitalists, anarcho-capitalist. I know I am. I’m proud of it. That’s why I wore this today.

    Difference is profit motive. The profit motive makes you work harder. The profit motive makes you risk your own capital and labor. And the profit motive enables you to innovate and come up with new ideas that will help end up creating profits for yourself.
    Bolling has been making great strides towards libertarianism in recent years. Despite being hostile to libertarians over foreign policy disputes in the past, Bolling openly embraced libertarian ideas as the “wave of the future.” He has also has been on the record sympathizing with Edward Snowden against the NSA, as well as rejecting the more establishment Chris Christie’s policies in favor of those of Senator Rand Paul.

    It’s an exciting thing to watch unfold on national television as a prominent news anchor becomes more and more libertarian. We at Liberty Viral wish the best for Eric Bolling, and are very excited to see more from him as he continues to shape his views and help libertarian ideas gain more influence.

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    Ha! I just called him a neo-Trot water-carrier in another thread. I don't think he knows what it means either. I have been wrong from time to time, and I hope I am this time. The more the merrier, as long as he doesn't bastardize the term.
    Based on the idea of natural rights, government secures those rights to the individual by strictly negative intervention, making justice costless and easy of access; and beyond that it does not go. The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
    --Albert J. Nock

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucille View Post
    Ha! I just called him a neo-Trot water-carrier in another thread. I don't think he knows what it means either. I have been wrong from time to time, and I hope I am this time. The more the merrier, as long as he doesn't bastardize the term.
    lol
    In order to actually come out, he needs to make a statement about how AWFUL the state is, instead of how AWESOME capitalism is.
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    He doesn't know what an anarchist or capitalist is, apparently...because last I checked, he's neither. He's come around a lot since dogging Ron Paul as dangerous for two elections, but he's still no $#@!ing libertarian (well, by the way we've started to ruin that word, perhaps he and Glenn Beck are now), no $#@!ing free market advocate (despite his rhetorical flourishes to the contrary), and definitely no $#@!ing anarchist. That dude gives bo-bo to the state on a daily basis. He and half-a-neocon Gutfeld aren't libertarians, and certainly aren't AnCaps. But the hell with it...just let them ruin the word constantly like they did "conservative" after Goldwater (which he predicted would happen).
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    Yes, I want to force consumers to buy trampolines, popcorn, environmental protection and national defense whether or not they really demand them. And I definitely want to outlaw all alternatives. Nobody should be allowed to compete with the state. Private security companies, private healthcare, private package delivery, private education, private disaster relief, private militias...should all be outlawed.
    ^Minimalist state socialism (minarchy) taken to its logical conclusions; communism.

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    I'm wondering why Fox allowed the term "anarcho-capitalist" to be mentioned on the air at all. I would think that would be a term that would scare them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    I'm wondering why Fox allowed the term "anarcho-capitalist" to be mentioned on the air at all. I would think that would be a term that would scare them...
    Because he's not using it properly. The context of his statement was that America is ancap. Saying that is about as stupid as that Argentinian wench bleating about how the anarcho-capitalist system is bringing Argentina down.
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    Perhaps the most important lesson from Obamacare is that while liberty is lost incrementally, it cannot be regained incrementally. The federal leviathan continues its steady growth; sometimes boldly and sometimes quietly. Obamacare is just the latest example, but make no mistake: the statists are winning. So advocates of liberty must reject incremental approaches and fight boldly for bedrock principles.
    The epitome of libertarian populism

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    I don't think he knows what it means.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jct74 View Post
    Eric Bolling said about a week ago that the Iraq war was the best thing George Bush ever did.

    Bolling saw something about anarcho-capitalism on facebook from one of his sons and thought it sounded cool.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul
    Perhaps the most important lesson from Obamacare is that while liberty is lost incrementally, it cannot be regained incrementally. The federal leviathan continues its steady growth; sometimes boldly and sometimes quietly. Obamacare is just the latest example, but make no mistake: the statists are winning. So advocates of liberty must reject incremental approaches and fight boldly for bedrock principles.
    The epitome of libertarian populism

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    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Feeding the Abscess View Post
    Eric Bolling said about a week ago that the Iraq war was the best thing George Bush ever did.

    Bolling saw something about anarcho-capitalism on facebook from one of his sons and thought it sounded cool.
    Are his sons actual ancaps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    I don't think he knows what those words mean.

    And what's up with this? Do the anarcho-capitalists have a uniform?



    You can hear his remark at 3:25


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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    Are his sons actual ancaps?
    I have no idea. If they're libertarian at all they are in contact with ancap ideas.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul
    Perhaps the most important lesson from Obamacare is that while liberty is lost incrementally, it cannot be regained incrementally. The federal leviathan continues its steady growth; sometimes boldly and sometimes quietly. Obamacare is just the latest example, but make no mistake: the statists are winning. So advocates of liberty must reject incremental approaches and fight boldly for bedrock principles.
    The epitome of libertarian populism

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Bolling (emphasis added)
    Let’s talk about the difference between socialism and capitalism, OK? You may not like the extent to which we are capitalists. We may be overly capitalists, anarcho-capitalist. I know I am. I’m proud of it. That’s why I wore this today.
    Apparently, he is under the impression that an "anarcho-capitalist" is someone who is really, really pro-"capitalism."

    In other words: Eric Bolling does not seem to grasp the difference between "anarcho-" and "arch-" (as in "anarcho-capitalist" and "arch-capitalist").

    In other other words: If Eric Bolling is an anarcho-capitalist, I will eat my copy of Man, Economy and State.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Apparently, he is under the impression that an "anarcho-capitalist" is someone who is really, really pro-"capitalism."

    In other words: Eric Bolling does not seem to grasp the difference between "anarcho-" and "arch-" (as in "anarcho-capitalist" and "arch-capitalist").

    In other other words: If Eric Bolling is an anarcho-capitalist, I will eat my copy of Man, Economy and State.
    I agree with you, but I just don't understand what Fox has to gain from this. Do they actually want people to know what anarcho-capitalism is? Do most people even know that term exists? I certainly don't know anyone who has with the exception of people who have heard me mention it, which I think is like one or two people (I've made it a policy a long time ago NOT to use that term except among the like minded.) I know with "libertarian" Its something more people are hearing about so they had to redefine it to suit the mainstream agenda. But... ancap? I mean, does anyone even know what that is other than people who are at least leaning in that direction?

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    Eric Bolling is an Anarcho-Retard.



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    Am I the only one here who couldn't give a $#@! less about what Eric whatsisface thinks about anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    I agree with you, but I just don't understand what Fox has to gain from this. Do they actually want people to know what anarcho-capitalism is? Do most people even know that term exists? I certainly don't know anyone who has with the exception of people who have heard me mention it, which I think is like one or two people (I've made it a policy a long time ago NOT to use that term except among the like minded.) I know with "libertarian" Its something more people are hearing about so they had to redefine it to suit the mainstream agenda. But... ancap? I mean, does anyone even know what that is other than people who are at least leaning in that direction?
    I don't see what else there is to "understand" here. Fox wasn't trying to gain anything from this. It wasn't planned or premeditated.

    It was just an extemporaneous remark by a talking-head TV yapper who repeated a term he heard somewhere - a term that struck his fancy, but the actual meaning of which he does not know and has mistaken for something else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    I don't see what else there is to "understand" here. Fox wasn't trying to gain anything from this. It wasn't planned or premeditated.

    It was just an extemporaneous remark by a talking-head TV yapper who repeated a term he heard somewhere - a term that struck his fancy, but the actual meaning of which he does not know and has mistaken for something else.
    That would be really abnormal though, most people get SCARED when they hear "anarcho" anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    That would be really abnormal though, most people get SCARED when they hear "anarcho" anything.
    *sigh* My point - which I thought was fairly clear - is that Bolling apparently does not know what "anarcho-" means (he seems to have confused it with the intensifying prefix "arch-"). If that is the case, then he literally did not understand what he was saying when he said it - he thought he was saying something else and had no reason to think he was "scaring" anyone.

    He saw the word "anarcho-capitalist" on Facebook or somewhere and read or interpreted it as meaning "an arch-capitalist" ...
    Last edited by Occam's Banana; 08-14-2014 at 09:43 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    *sigh* My point - which I thought was fairly clear - is that Bolling apparently does not know what "anarcho-" means (he seems to have confused it with the intensifying prefix "arch-"). If that is the case, then he literally did not understand what he was saying when he said it - he thought he was saying something else and had no reason to think he was "scaring" anyone.

    He saw the word "anarcho-capitalist" on Facebook or somewhere and read or interpreted it as meaning "an arch-capitalist" ...
    Yeah, the guy had no idea what he was saying. You're safe, no need for a laxative to pass all that paper.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    *sigh* My point - which I thought was fairly clear - is that Bolling apparently does not know what "anarcho-" means (he seems to have confused it with the intensifying prefix "arch-"). If that is the case, then he literally did not understand what he was saying when he said it - he thought he was saying something else and had no reason to think he was "scaring" anyone.

    He saw the word "anarcho-capitalist" on Facebook or somewhere and read or interpreted it as meaning "an arch-capitalist" ...
    OK, fair enough. I guess that just means he's dumb for using random (to him) words he reads on the internet.

    Do most people realize that "anarcho" is a pre-fix for "anarchist?" I know he didn't, but do most people?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    OK, fair enough. I guess that just means he's dumb for using random (to him) words he reads on the internet.

    Do most people realize that "anarcho" is a pre-fix for "anarchist?" I know he didn't, but do most people?
    I doubt most people have ever even encountered it - including those "cosmotarians" whose experience with or knowledge of libertarianism is derived mostly or exclusively from the Reason-Cato axis of libertarianism (which seems to be the case with most "libertarian" TV opinionators like Bolling). Most of them have probably never heard of "anarcho-" anything ...
    Last edited by Occam's Banana; 08-14-2014 at 10:37 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    I doubt most people have ever even encountered it - including those "cosmotarians" whose experience with or knowledge of libertarianism is derived mostly or exclusively from the Reason-Cato axis of libertarianism (which seems to be the case with most "libertarian" TV opinionators like Bolling). Most of them probably have probably never heard of "anarcho-" anything ...
    True, though they have heard of "anarchy" (even if they don't know anyone supports it) so I was wondering of the average person would be smart enough to make a connection between "anarcho" and "anarchy". Probably not, I suppose.

    I also wonder how many people will look up the term now because of this guy's mistake.



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    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    True, though they have heard of "anarchy" (even if they don't know anyone supports it) so I was wondering of the average person would be smart enough to make a connection between "anarcho" and "anarchy". Probably not, I suppose.
    It's apparent to us, of course - but to others, the meaning of "anarcho-" is probably no more "obvious" than that of "gastro-" or "tropo-" or such.

    Quote Originally Posted by FreedomFanatic View Post
    I also wonder how many people will look up the term now because of this guy's mistake.
    Those who didn't already know probably just interpreted it contextually the way he seems to have meant it - as "arch-capitalist."

    Of course, this is assuming that they cared what Bolling meant in the first place ...

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    Dare I say it? Bolling is one who has "come around" quite a bit. His opinions have changed over the years. Is he Murray Rothbard or Ron Paul? No. Is he Wayne Allen Root, Gary Johnson or Ayn Rand? Maybe.
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    Thanks for the laugh. Speaking of, what's the Judge been up to lately? (Perhaps he can school him some :>)
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    DH had Cashin' In on this morning and Bolling said, "We are not anachro-capitalists here. We are something something capitalists." Either someone schooled him, or he got a good talking-to by the Faux Newz IIC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucille View Post
    DH had Cashin' In on this morning and Bolling said, "We are not anachro-capitalists here. We are something something capitalists." Either someone schooled him, or he got a good talking-to by the Faux Newz IIC.
    He's a "something something" alright.

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    hey Eric, ancap is an inside job...

    thanks for name dropping though.

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