Coconut Island is an analogy to the coercion that naturally takes place when there is a power imbalance. The analogy is a rebuttal to the idea of "voluntary interactions" under the framework of anarcho-capitalism. The analogy goes as follows. You are on a plane which crash lands onto an island. You are one of the two only survivors. While you were unconscious, the other survivor gathered all of the coconuts on the island (the only source of food) into a pile, sheltered that pile with all the wreckage of the plane, and declare they own it. And they say they are willing to give you some coconuts if you throat your cock. The question then presented is, "Is that a voluntary interaction?"
Adam: We can have a voluntary system that does the same things as government without all of the coercion of government.
Vaush: How would that system not impose coercive measures on the workers of its society? Consider the Coconut Island analogy. Your options are to die or throat a cock. That is coercion. That is exactly the system we live under via capitalism and would not be done away with in an ancap society.
Vaush: How would that system not impose coercive measures on the workers of its society? Consider the Coconut Island analogy. Your options are to die or throat a cock. That is coercion. That is exactly the system we live under via capitalism and would not be done away with in an ancap society.
by NonUrbanPerson August 23, 2021
Get the Coconut Islandmug. "Crowbar" Is not a very sensible word. A crowbar has nothing to do with crows or bars. It should have been called coconut 56, Because that's something a sensible person can understand.
Grommets say 156 skull. Swood people say Coconut 56
Grommets say 156 skull. Swood people say Coconut 56
by Koopinator September 7, 2016
Get the Coconut 56mug. by the nhir July 3, 2017
Get the coconut gunmug. Coconut man: "Welcome To Coconut Island! If you're hungry, you're going to have to throat my cock for one coconut"
No Coconut man: "Now this just seems really unfair..."
No Coconut man: "Now this just seems really unfair..."
by FourElemental May 12, 2021
Get the Coconut Islandmug. Someone whose head is empty except for the nut milk inside. Their only interest is sex/giving head or it's their only skill.
by Zornlover234567 May 19, 2021
Get the Coconut headmug. The absolute greatest thing to have come from Nintendo. Also, a way to rickroll your friends when you have standards.
by 1oftheBOYS February 12, 2021
Get the Coconut Mallmug. The scariest animal in the world. Holy shit.
Thought to be responsible for eating Amelia Earhart. Yes.
Thought to be responsible for eating Amelia Earhart. Yes.
by sin_duda October 28, 2009
Get the coconut crabmug.