A question about PMC's

[marxist578]

Hello,

I have a question. Does a company that hires Mercenaries (Private Military Companies) capitalist? You can see the word "private" is there, however apparently the soviets in WWII hired many Mercenaries to fight off the Nazi's.

So, are Private Military Companies strictly capitalist, or can they be used in any political state for military purposes?

[Sam_b]

So, are Private Military Companies strictly capitalist, or can they be used in any political state for military purposes?

Anyone who works for these companies would be selling their labour for a profit, right? Thus I guess they'd be capitalist.

[scarletghoul]

Yes, they're private capitalist companies, I think.

[revolution inaction]

Hello,

I have a question. Does a company that hires Mercenaries (Private Military Companies) capitalist? You can see the word "private" is there, however apparently the soviets in WWII hired many Mercenaries to fight off the Nazi's.

So, are Private Military Companies strictly capitalist, or can they be used in any political state for military purposes?

The soviet union was capitalist to you know :)

[Black Sheep]

The soviet union was capitalist to you know http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies/001_smile.gif
Off topic plus: "wth?"

The growth of PMC's is a good sign to let us know that we are pretty much fucked,and i think of them as a prelude to anarchocapitalism.
And yeah,they are capitalist as hell.

[Yehuda Stern]

Nevermind the fact that the USSR was capitalist in WWII, so no contradiction here.

[ZeroNowhere]

The growth of PMC's is a good sign to let us know that we are pretty much fucked,and i think of them as a prelude to anarchocapitalism.
Unfortunately, 'anarcho-capitalism' is an oxymoron.

[Diagoras]

The growth of PMC's is a good sign to let us know that we are pretty much fucked,and i think of them as a prelude to anarchocapitalism.

How do you figure? Aside from anarcho-capitalism not being anarchist, and actually forming what amounts to a privatized (not removed) corporate state, why would the use of mercenaries equate to "us" (I'm assuming you mean the U.S. military/gov't? I don't think "us" is appropriate here...) being fucked? Governments have used mercenaries throughout history to pad their military ranks, and I don't believe anything along the lines of a Rothbardian wet-dream has yet to come about... except in Iceland 900 years ago :rolleyes::p.

What the expanding reliance upon PMCs DOES indicate is a waning domestic support for the war in Iraq, especially given the total failure of the military to reach recruitment quotas for the last 4 years or so (at least... correct me if it is longer :D). This is, last time I checked, good for "us" :thumbup1:.

[Black Sheep]

By anarcho-capitalism i meant regulation-free capitalism.Zero state intervention in the market.

Diagoras' post made no sense to me,i will try to answer when more blood flows through my brain tissue.

Sleep!