1 Are "anarcho"-capitalists really anarchists?

In a word, no. While "anarcho"-capitalists obviously try to associate themselves with the anarchist tradition by using the word "anarcho" or by calling themselves "anarchists", their ideas are distinctly at odds with those associated with anarchism. As a result, any claims that their ideas are anarchist or that they are part of the anarchist tradition or movement are false.

Appendix — Is "anarcho"-capitalism a type of anarchism?

Introduction

• Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan’s "Anarchist Theory FAQ" version 4.1.1.

• Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan’s "Anarchist Theory FAQ" version 5.2

1 – Individualist Anarchists and the socialist movement

Caplan, in his FAQ, attempts to rewrite anarchist history by trying to claim that the individualist anarchists were forerunners of the so-called "anarcho-capitalist" school. However, as is so often the case with Caplan’s FAQ, nothing could be further from the truth.

Appendix : Anarchism and "anarcho"-capitalism

This appendix exists for one reason, namely to explain why the idea of "anarcho"-capitalism is a bogus one. While we have covered this topic in section F, we thought that this appendix should be created in order to discuss in more detail why anarchists reject both "anarcho"-capitalism and its claims to being anarchist.

Appendix — The Russian Revolution

Reply to errors and distortions in John Fisher’s "Why we must further Marxism and not Anarchism"