"As a general rule, the better people are, the more Anarchists and Socialists will be found among them." ~ Benjamin Tucker

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What about ancaps.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I would lump ancaps under anarchists. I can't speak for Ben Tucker.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

For the anti-socialists among you I would like you to consider the time when this guy came up with this quote.

The concept of Social Justice Warriors was a century away, so the utterly insane corrupt corporate left of today did not exist.

If I could rewrite this quote to improve it, I would say:

"As a general rule, the better people are, the more Voluntarists and Strong Compassionate Communities will be found among them." ~ Benjamin Tucker, revised by Jason Carswell