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Comment by pjc50

4 days ago

The thing is, this kind of anarcho-libertarianism is barely recognizable in Europe, or belongs to fringe left movements. In the US, it's much more right-coded and also tied to nationalism, while not being anti-military or anti-police.

"Defund the Federal government" is right-coded; "defund the police" is left-coded. No analysis connects the two.

> retain the state's monopoly on violence

Places like Italy know that when the state doesn't have a monopoly on violence, it gets messy ("years of lead").