I am an ancap (anarcho-capitalist) and a voluntaryist.
1. Capitalism
When I examine myself and my life, I realise that my mind and my body - like those of all human beings - form a distinct and highly useful entity.
When I examine this useful entity I call myself, and the fruits it is able to bring forth into this world, I realise that it all constitutes capital.
When I examine further this capital and the fact that it all emanates from - and therefore belongs to - me and only me, I realise that I am not only capital (i.e. I can be used by both other people and myself) but also a capitalist (i.e. I control both the means of production - and the use - of the capital that I am).
2. Anarchism
When I examine government, what it claims to do for mankind and what it actually does, I realise that it is no more than oppression and domination, lies and violence.
When I examine the fact that we would all be better off without government, that order, rules and civilisation do not require a central authority, only free will and consensus, I realise that I am an anarchist.
3. Anarcho-capitalism
When I realise that I am both a capitalist and an anarchist, that both philosophies hold as their basic conclusion that we are oppressed, robbed and aggressed under the current system, I realise that I am an anarcho-capitalist.
4. Voluntaryism
When I examine what is wrong, on the one hand, about not being compensated for the use of the capital that I am and that I produce, and, on the other hand, about being governed by an authority I do not recognise and in a way I do not agree with, I realise that in both cases what I am opposed to is coercion: I am being coerced (through taxes, backed by threats and violence) into giving against my will and without my consent to other human beings a large part of my capital; I am being coerced (through laws, backed by threats and violence) into being controlled against my will and without my consent by other human beings.
When I realise that there is no freedom in the current form of society - my body, the fruits of my labour, my movements, my interaction with other human beings are all controlled by government - and when I ask myself what alternative there might be to all this coercion, and what should be the ideal basis for living in society with other human beings, and what should be the ideal manner in which to cede to others the use of my capital, I realise that it should above all be voluntary, and I realise that I am therefore also a voluntaryist.
I am an ancap (anarcho-capitalist) and a voluntaryist.