Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Anarcho-capitalism has been tried, and it was glorious. The Republic of Cospaia lasted for 386 years with no state and totally free markets. They were never invaded, never had a police force, and operated under voluntary private law. They prospered in peace and were just left alone for nearly 4 centuries, in spite of how we always hear that an ancap community would be invaded by larger states. Cospaia might be gone, but teaches us an enduring lesson about how to get the society we want.

mises.org/power-market/republic-cospaia-anarchist-renaissance-city
https://www.mises.se/2015/03/24/cospaia-den-anarkistiska-republiken/
thevintagenews.com/2018/02/22/republic-of-cospaia/?edg-c=1

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