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Anarchism and anarcho-capitalism

There is no such dispute between anarcho-capitalism and other forms of anarchism in academia. It's simply some editors on Wikipedia debating over it and that's why there shouldn't be an article. You too seem to be assuming that anarcho-capitalism something other than anarchism in your wording that "this is a dispute between anarchism and the political philosophy of anarcho-capitalism." Anarchism is an umbrella term than includes various kinds of anarchism. A debate between anarchism and anarcho-capitalism makes no sense at all and is inherently POV because the POV being pushed is that they're two distinct philosophies. If you vote to keep you're allowing the anti-anarcho-capitalists on Wikipedia to "frame" the issue by assuming in the title of the article that anarcho-capitalism and anarchism are separate. DTC 16:24, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is a debate among traditional anarchists and anarcho-capitalists, and it is quite real outside of Wikipedia. I personally consider myself both an anarchist and an anarcho-capitalist, but I understand the reasons why some anarchists make a distinction - and I think it is worth an article on Wikipedia to discuss. Perhaps the title of the article needs to be changed to something like "Traditional anarchism and anarcho-capitalism", but I don't really have a huge problem with how the terminology is used - after all, the discussion is over whether anarcho-capitalism can legitimately be called "anarchism" at all. I think it can, many other anarchists disagree. But the edit warring over it is an exercise in futility, and I see this truly minor concession as a way to publicly air our differences. As long as we're clear, readers will be able to figure it out for themselves. Besides, this means we don't have to carry on the endless debate within the anarchism and anarcho-capitalism articles proper, and we can just say "look over here if you disagree about calling anarcho-capitalism a form of anarchism!" --Academician 18:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

deletion discussion

You participated in a previous discussion on the deletion of Anarchism and anarcho-capitalism. You may be interested that a new deletion review has begun at WP:Articles_for_deletion/Anarchism_and_anarcho-capitalism_(2nd_nomination). Tb (talk) 22:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]