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=== Anarcho-capitalist perspective ===
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[[Anarcho-capitalism|Anarcho-capitalists]] such as [[Murray Rothbard]] come to some of the same conclusions about the state apparatus as anarchists, but for different reasons.<ref name="Rothbard-1970">{{Cite book|last=Rothbard|first=Murray|title=Power and Market|publisher=Institute for Humane Studies|year=1970|isbn=1-933550-05-8}}{{page needed|date=March 2023}}</ref> The two principles that anarcho-capitalists rely on most are consent and non-initiation.<ref name="Long-2013">{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Roderick T. |title=Reply to Stephen Cox |journal=The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies |date=1 December 2013 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=210–223 |doi=10.5325/jaynrandstud.13.2.0210 }}</ref> Consent in anarcho-capitalist theory requires that individuals explicitly assent to the jurisdiction of the State excluding [[Social contract#Tacit consent|Lockean tacit consent]]. Consent may also create a right of [[secession]] which destroys any concept of government monopoly on force.<ref name="Rothbard-1970" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Block |first1=Walter |title=Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics: Two Peas in a Pod |journal=The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies |date=2005 |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=259–269 |jstor=41560283 }}</ref> Coercive monopolies are excluded by the non-initiation of force principle because they must use force in order to prevent others from offering the same service that they do. Anarcho-capitalists start from the belief that replacing monopolistic states with competitive providers is necessary from a normative, justice-based scenario.<ref name="Long-2013" />

Anarcho-capitalists believe that the market values of [[Competition (economics)|competition]] and [[privatization]] can better provide the services provided by the state. Murray Rothbard argues in ''[[Power and Market]]'' that any and all government functions could better be fulfilled by private actors including: defense, infrastructure, and legal adjudication.<ref name="Rothbard-1970" />