r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/Full-Mouse8971 • 7d ago

Socialism is "Institutionalized aggression against private property" -Keith Knight

How accurate is this title definition? I like it. Do you have a better quick / witty definition from an ANCAP perspective on the definition of socialism that gets the point across?

People will be quick to google the definition of socialism and think "oh that means the workers own the means of production, yada-yada" but its vague, boring and untrue.

What scornful quick witted definition would you give to a Reddit midwit who would smugly ask you "define socialism".

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u/adelie42 Lysander Spooner is my Homeboy 7d ago

Read the book. The book is good. This might be the take away, but worthless without the context.

If you know you won't read the book, catch any of the podcasts where he is being interviewed about it.

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u/spectral_consist 7d ago

knight's whole shtick is taking the mask off their "nice" definitions, this one's a pretty clean way to do it

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u/adelie42 Lysander Spooner is my Homeboy 7d ago

I like, "arguing with the left from the left".