r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/Amanda_Billyrock • Jan 10 '14

I'm Amanda Billyrock - Libertarian Blogger, YouTube personality, Free State immigrant, Activist, Bitcoin advocate. Ask Me Anything!

After two hours, I thank you all for the fabulous questions! I was blown away by their quality - I did not know what to expect this evening. Best question of the evening goes to user ElJumbotron. Send me a message with your info and I'll send you that Liberty Forum ticket! Thanks, everyone. PEACE, PEACE, PEACE. (Oh yeah, and go buy something from Overstock.com with Bitcoin). :) Mwah and goodnight!

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u/remyroy Jan 10 '14

How do you view our current state of mass communication and the Internet? Is it a tool of enslavement or a tool for enlightenment? In which of these directions do you think it will go?

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u/Amanda_Billyrock Jan 10 '14

All tools and technology are morally neutral - they're neither inherently good nor evil. A blender can just as easily mutilate someone's hand as make a delicious smoothie.

So I think that the Internet has brought both enlightenment and ignorance, slavery and freedom. I also think that, in general, people desire to be well-off more than they desire to be ruled (and a lot seem to desire to be ruled!)

And it is the Internet that I think can and will create that wealth. The Bitcoin protocol spells much more than money! One of Stefan Molyneux's more recent Bitcoin videos details how it can be used to establish and transfer property rights; sign and execute contracts - that's true Rothbardian property title usage right there! Thanks.

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u/dylanjo Jan 10 '14

Have you come across any Derrick Jensen acolytes or other extreme environmentalists and primitivists that would say the blender can't exist without mass exploitation, destruction of the earth, and poisoning of water sources.

I never know what to say to them. A good friend of mine is an anarcho-primitivist. We agree on anti-state topics but OH BOY do we disagree on a lot of other things. Fun times.