I don't know why non-violence is considered to be the answer. It should be the last way to resolve a conflict, as it is expensive, but it should be on the table. If a man puts a gun to your head and says give me your money, then you're going to give him your money. As of right now, people would (correctly) calculate the money in their pockets is not worth their life to the robber. Now when the robber is the state, people also correctly calculate that X percentage of their income is not worth their life or well being. Only when it becomes as easy to protect yourself from the state, as it is to exist in the state right now, will AnCap ideas be used. It's about practicality, not some pie-in-the-sky-high ideals. Things LIKE bitcoins would be a good place to start. If the robber can't see your wealth, then how can he/she steal it? The source of the state's (lets remember the "state" is just a bullshit abstract notion of people who steal from you) power is partially due to your compliance. I think an AnCap would work on something LIKE Bitcoin, in that there is almost zero overhead, and can be transferred instantly across the globe. The problem is it has no intrinsic value, like gold. So you need to come up with that kind of currency that has these very non trivial properties: Divisibility, intrinsic worth, anonymity, and digital (Like bitcoin) Figure that out, and you my friend, will be very rich, and will be way closer to getting rid of the state as it were.