link to original reddit post by /u/Degenerate_Cooomer
Well I am a degenerate anarchist who wants to freely kill people for stepping on my lawn and want to do it without losing my modern day priviledges. However the traditional aproach of ancap is too naive and with high hopes regarding humanity.
It is a fact that many monopolies from history and current day are products of goverment backing so it will be far harder for a corp to be a monopoly in an ancap society. However we have the standard oil example and monopolies or cartels in fields like energy or mining would still be a problem. I just can’t grasp how competing companies would still show up even after i end my competition. I can literally bomb away my competition and with such capital imbalance it is unlikely that competition can find any insurance firms or security agencies to cover them up. The only thing smaller competitors can do is to merge into larger operations but in that scenario it also ends up with monopolies and at that point i would opt out to form a cartel with others to again monopolise the market.
The only possible scenario comes up to my mind after such monopoly occurs is that maybe another corp from a different sector try to oppose monopoly but that would also not happen as parties would settle on a private deal rather than opting for a conflict which would only cut profits.
I mean a tech monopoly can lose its whole advantage overnight to someone who come up with a better solution but fields like energy, mining or manufacturing are very susceptible to turning into cartels or monopolies. Even if you manage to find an optimum mining field with lowest extraction costs in the market you need to pay that difference to find yourself an insurance company who would accept to cover your arse. This is like the only thing bugs my mind regarding ancap.