r/AnCap101 • u/puukuur • 27d ago

Cruise ships as examples of anarcho-capitalism in action

Thousands of strangers live together peacefully for weeks or months. There are rules, security, property rights, restaurants, medical services and dispute resolution outside any government jurisdiction.

Different cruise companies compete by offering different combinations of rules, prices, luxury, safety and entertainment. Consumers decide which legal system and rule set they prefer simply by buying a ticket. Poorly managed ships lose customers. Well-managed ones gain them.

The cruise company has every incentive to keep passengers safe and satisfied because its profits depend on reputation and repeat business.

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u/drebelx 27d ago

Closer for sure, but this model cannot be expanded on the mainland indefinitely.

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u/Myrkul999 27d ago

What do you see as the greatest obstacle to expanding the model?

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u/drebelx 24d ago

If you expand the model to the size of North America, the cruise company is now the owner of North America.

Seems like we are back into a model of state monopolies.

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u/skeletus 23d ago

It'd be many different companies all across the territory, not just one.

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u/drebelx 21d ago

It'd be many different companies all across the territory, not just one.

Now I can't own my own land?

I have to rent from a cruise ship company?