Originally Posted by Mallymkun

Socialism is a bad thing; it's completely immoral. I don't want the government to force me to pay for the propagation of ideas that I disbelieve. I don't want the government to coerce me into helping individuals who do not deserve it (in my eyes), I want it to be voluntary. I should be able to choose what I pay for, what I invest in and, more importantly, how I spend my own money. Once you look into the definition of stealing, and how the government will threaten you and inevitably imprison you for resisting theft, it fits it. It's a shakedown that is labelled as moral - forced altruism. Has an anarcho-capitalist society ever been tried? No. So you cannot say it wouldn't work, when leaving aside the moral issues, as most often do.

It's very simple. You invest in private services before these kinds of things happen. It's your own fault if you haven't planned for that kind of situation. I don't care why the fire department puts out my fire, all that matters is that they do it. It's a two way street - the fundamental basis of capitalism. I need to sell you something to leave, and I need to buy it to live.