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Welcome to the 8chan /ancap/ board, a platform dedicated towards anarcho-capitalist theory and praxis.
Linked Boards: /anarchism/ /anarcho/ /liberty/ /leftistpol/ /ubf/ /politics/

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 No.381

Hello, /ancap/. I offer this thread up for all /operate/ topics.

>Changes in effect: no id tags, no national flags, increased max images, page count and bump limit, turned on SWF and pdf uploading, and also enabled optional user-specific flags.

I respect privacy and anonymity, and so ids and nation-flags are a no-go with me. It is my position, given the unity of international surveillance, that mandatory markers are an unnecessary feature for anons seeking alternative, non-corporatist social media. Further ideas which I have are:

1) establish a network of freedom-minded boards

2) alter the css and present an over-all anarcho-capitalist atmosphere

3) add additional banners

4) Build up an anarchist repository, including both left- and right-libertarian activists, literature, and resources

A little about me:

I am a synthesist postanarchist and I have been involved within anarchism for about 15+ years. I am currently involved within light activism. I write on the sidelines, but nothing has been formally released. It is my preference to provide challenging ideas to dominating power-structures. Lately, I resurrected the >>>/anarchism/ board, redesigned its appearance, removed all spam, and built up a library as well. It is my aim to provide honest, impartial moderation upon both boards and to ensure community satisfaction.

Both >>>/ancap/ and >>>/anarchism/ are intended to become bastions of free speech and open inquiry, regardless of the sociopolitical inclinations of its members. No matter what you believe, /ancap/ is open to you.

Any further concerns, ideas, thoughts, and queries which anons may have, please present them within this thread.

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 No.387

Good to hear. I'm glad to see this board in the hands of someone who appears to actually give a crap about it. Hopefully we'll get more traffic.

 No.388

>>387
Hopefully.

I shilled the boards in /midpol/, /libertypol/, and /liberty/. I have yet to do so within /anarchy/, /pol/ and leftypol/. I plan on creating separate threads within /boards/ and methodically bumping each one.

 No.394

>irregardless
That's not a word, though.

 No.409

>>381
So the CSS is basically shit. WTF is all this edgy black? I can't even see some of the text.

Why is the reply box popped out? If I wanted it popped out, I could do it myself. I didn't ask for a gaping black space at the top of the page, and this unremovable thing following me as I scroll and getting in the way of what I'm trying to read.

>Build up an anarchist repository, including both left- and right-libertarian activists, literature, and resources

What does "left-libertarianism" have to do with ancap?

>bastions of free speech

Then stop censoring name fields, hypocrite.

>>388
>I plan on creating separate threads within /boards/ and methodically bumping each one.
What's wrong with just one, so anyone who's interested can see all the boards and anyone who's not doesn't get crowded out?

 No.412

>>409
>Edgy black
*enter le edgy meme*
*soon to come: la fedora hat meme*

Yellow/black are the most recent and popular attributions of anarcho-capitalist colors, and so I am attempting to find a reasonable and balanced css that resonates such.

I will most likely scrap this one, as mobile is screwed up and that damn reply box is ridiculously obtuse, but these colors are something towards which I will be aiming. As to its glares: I've been thinking about brightening the black, turning it less intensive, and dimming the intensity of the yellow.

>reply box

Yeah, I've been trying to fix that. I'm not too knowledgeable about css, plus, I really like properly re-sizable chat boxes. As mentioned above, mobile is pretty much one giant chat box unless I zoom out all of the way.

>censoring name fields is not free speech

Forced anonymous is not censorship. If you want to constantly post with a specifically well-known and popularized name, go to facebook or twitter with all of the other normies and namefags. On an imageboard aimed towards anonymity, it is mind-boggling that tripfags even exist. It detracts from the actual conversation and sets in motion a predictable array of responses towards the individual, as opposed to the substance provided. A discussion should be about the topics and strength of logic provided, not about who presented it in the first place.The former is more about tackling debate and opinions, the latter is more about recognizing "what my special name is and thus you should know it for some odd reason". Letting your ideology be known is not the same as letting everyone know that you are Jane or John Smith.

As to ideological markers, if you truly wish for an identification of some sorts, there are a variety of personalized flags which you can appropriate for yourself. If you have any suggestions as to which ones should be added, feel free to suggest such.

>What does left-libertarianism have to do with right-libertarianism?


Sectarian mindsets are poisonous ones. That members of both sides are engaged within some petty ideological civil war of exclusivity is silliness and actually assists the domination of the state more than furthering the cause for anarchist dissidents. Anarchists that do not aim for at a recognized, even if superficial, solidarity only further the drive for group division and help spread the flames of "You vs Me" dichotomies.

It's as Chomsky suggests, "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion but allow very lively debate within that spectrum". That any anarchist board would severely limit what is dialectically acceptable and what isn't seems counter-active to the theme of "being free" and, indeed, towards anarchist discourse itself.

As to your actual question:

Right-libertarianism and left-libertarianism are entwined, concerning themselves with decentralized populist anti-statism and liberatory principles of a holistically free existence, albeit they disagree on several fundamental issues: contractual, democratic, economical, ethical, propertarian, and security-based subjects. This is to say nothing about the divisions within the major camps themselves, as evident within the multiplicity of anarchist philosophies. In the existential struggle for liberation, each and every anarchist is in this together. The position that "you're not a real anarchist" is little more than mindless dribble that delights institutions like the state, as its antagonisms are too busy telling each other that they're "not real" and too busy ensuring that the population doesn't accept the other, and thereby cannot truly affect the growth of an anarchist society. They are the worst sort of discussions, as it little more than shit-flinging and naysaying, all the while each is trying to claim "I'm so free that my ideology rules freedom". If there is any hypocrisy, that would be it.

Besides, the illusion that one singular anarchist sociopolitical and economic theory will dominate an anarchist world is just that- it's an mirage, nothing more than smoke and mirrors. It is my firm belief that a panarchist society is really the only platform that will enable the radical growth of anarchism; all of these radical divisions and the state still dominates just as strongly, if not even more so than when anarchism first entered mainstream literary and political discourse. Outsiders that come across libertarian shit-flinging are further turned away, seeing that even the liberators of humanity are too busy telling other liberators that they are not existing, while its insiders struggle to convince each other of the insignificance of all others. Such practices of "liberation" are nothing more than appeasements towards ideological slavery.

>what's wrong with just one?


There are a number of reasons for my decision for two different threads concerning two similar-but-different boards that are linked:

1) Despite /ancap/ having an open door policy towards all political positions, not everyone will be comfortable approaching a predominantly right-libertarian board. Thus, offering another platform not largely composed of a specific ideological angle seems a wise choice; at least, to myself that is.

2) As I happen to have a few other boards besides /anarchism/ and /ancap/, I don't mindlessly and obnoxiously bump my boards. My bumps are timely and spaced out within a period of 3-8 days, as every board owner deserves a balanced and fair platform to advocate their boards.

Regardless, /boards/ is a slow moving one. I don't really see how I would be shutting down anyone else's advertising, given that my own bumps are extremely spaced between themselves.

 No.424

>>409
For the entire day, I have been thinking about the idea that tripfaggotry is just another aspect of free speech upon an anonymous imageboard- and you're right. The ability to explicitly identify yourself and create a persona is just as another particular of free speech as is declining self-marking.

On that note, I do not believe that forced anonymous is a suppression of free speech. My intention for /ancap/ with forced anon is to provide an equalized platform of expression; a place that everyone can funpost, shitpost, discuss rationally- a liberated board that emphasizes freedom of words and mobility. However, marking yourself with a popularly known name, or even a unique name, can serve its purposes and is just as much as an important part of free speech as is the ability to discuss anything without restriction.

I firmly believe every person has the right to speak, think, write, do as they please [given a few obvious restraints, such as constant, obnoxious spam that clouds up threads and freezes discussion, etc]. Every poster, each anon should feel comfortable in elaborating their ideas.

As such, forced anonymous is disabled and customizable names are enabled.

If you have any more concerns, ideas or thoughts, don't hesitate at all to say whatever resides upon your mind.

Who am I to say no to those of us who wish to further identify themselves?

 No.445

>>424


If the board starts gaining traction, thread ID's make it harder to samefag, but don't effect overall board anonymity.

 No.454

>>445

While I agree that thread ids make it somewhat more tedious to samefag, it is not altogether that difficult to proxyfag. As such, I don't think I will implement board ids any time soon. Without really trying, I can point out ten proxies from one site and that's just one site. The last I counted from three websites, there were at 50 different proxies from which I could appear as though I were different people. Besides, any intentional proxyfag/shill will simply make subtle changes to the buzzwords which they are using, and recreate the same message [or an overall theme].

 No.488

Change the CSS back to futaba, its fucking awful


 No.523

>>488

Futaba is too plain and bland, and is also quite unfitting for an anarcho-capitalist theme. Keeping in mind at least partial representation of capitalist concepts within anarchism, what formation would you like to see within the css?

The foundation for this current css arrived from https://github.com/ctrlcctrlv/infinity/tree/master/stylesheets.

If you have an idea on which angle the css should develop, pointing towards examples or ideas would go further than a simple regression towards futaba.


 No.588

How do IDs get created? Based on what?


 No.589

>>588

I believe thread ids are initially randomized and then replies are standardized with user-specific values. I'm not altogether certain as to the exact specifics of its functionality beyond that.


 No.595

>>412

>>381

I volunteer for your board

judge me by my actions in true anarchist style


 No.596

>>595

clarifying

I would like to apply for volunteer


 No.605

>>>/leftistpol/

Hi guys I would like to invite you to a warm and welcoming place for people of all stripes.

Our theme is leftism but we will not ban diverse opinions from any perspective!

We have become aware that your board is considered part of the freedom board federation meaning minimal rules.

Let us become allies.


 No.624

>>596

Thank you for your contributions but, due to board population, volunteers are an unnecessary feature.

>>605

Hello, /leftistpol/.

/ancap/ happily opens its rooms, and extends its hands, to all and any interested in (a)politics.

In an anarchist society, people would best thrive with pluralism. As such, it would be a great error to push aside alliances based solely upon difference.


 No.678

I find it funny that supposedly this is a place where content trumps all yet there is debate over which CSS theme is "most anarcho-capitalist"


 No.764

>synthesist postanarchist

>synthesis

what do you mean?




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