BobChuck wrote:
Forgive me, but what is "anarchocapitalism"?
Anarchy means "no rules". It means "your money / trade good has no value to me, I do not recognize any claim you have to it, and I will take what I am able to take." It means "no other rules apply". It's pretty much pure chaos.
Capitalism means "survival of the fittest, according to a certain definition of fit". I'm not going to go into details here, but I do want to point out that I don't believe capitalism is evil, its just an extension of human nature. It's all kinds of unfair, but certainly not evil, because it's possible to do great good within the system and still excel.
But Capitalism is definately "Neutral" in regards to law-chaos. It needs rules and mutual understanding and exchange rates and a willingness to work together. It thrives on Chaos, yes, but it requires controlled chaos, freedom within a certain set of rules.
Anarchy is pretty much the exact opposite of that.
Not necessarily. Capitalism does not have to really on rules. Some people do believe in anarchocapitalism, a capitalist economic system without government. Where it is regulated by natural laws and crime as well as everything else is taken care of by the private sector. While I believe these people are wrong on that, I believe that liberty would not be able to flourish without a Justice system run by the government. Liberty not being able to flourish is problematic for a libertarian such as myself. I do think that a capitalism is the only fair way of running things, but I also think that crimes especially non-economic crimes need to covered by a government justice system. A limited government controlled by checks and balances that stays out of the market for the most part. That is my little political/economic rant.
But as to the question addressed in the OP:
You are definitely fine on pushing it on the good/evil scale. Just don't forget that charity is a major part of such a system.
As far the the law/choas scale, I do think you could consider it lawful.
"Lawful characters tell the truth, keep their word, respect authority, honor tradition, and judge those who fall short of their duties. Chaotic characters follow their consciences, resent being told what to do, favor new ideas over tradition, and do what they promise if they feel like it.
Law implies honor, trustworthiness, obedience to authority, and reliability. On the downside, lawfulness can include closed-mindedness, reactionary adherence to tradition, self-righteousness, and a lack of adaptability. Those who consciously promote lawfulness say that only lawful behavior creates a society in which people can depend on each other and make the right decisions in full confidence that others will act as they should."
The lack of government is not calling for no order. It is just not a type of order often used, same goes for authority. It is label anarchist as it does away with the government. This type of system can advocate a privatized police force to right wrongs. Order is shifted to natural laws of the market. This system is advocated for so that the coercion, theft, and corruption of the government does not occur. All things a lawful good person would fight against.
So in close, yes I think you can make a lawful good paladin that advocated anarchocapitalism. Just make sure that you make this argument to the DM beforehand, unless you are the DM of course.
