Is ProgArchives still an AnCap forum, primarily?

I assume this is because the core 5-7 people all got busy with life/stopped bothering. 

I am of course one, but if it makes ya feel better I have been accepted into a Master's of Economics, and at a diverse program (rare for econ) so I can pursue a more progressive track. 

So I hope to continue the debate with our libertarian comrades in real life some day!

Also, I rarely pop on here anymore myself. How the hell are ya?

Well, I was always a social democrat of the generally Scandinavian model as many from the Libertarian Thread can attest 

Then I had a few year flirtation as a moderate libertarian (very moderate and I was never a Republican) but I abandoned that stuff around 2013 when I realized, long story short: most of it was wrong and detrimental. I learned more about economics and found out how much of it doesn't really sync up with reality. I then swung back to social democrat, though you're right economically I am more progressive/labor oriented than I ever was. 

Used to believe in market oriented growth, general welfare, stimulii packages, stuff like a rising tide lifts all boats, worrying how we cut the pie pieces shrinks the pie, all that good textbook stuff. 

Now I prefer long term jobs programs, labor driven growth, government investment in certain areas etc etc

But yeah, my shift predates Trump and Sanders. 

Very true. 

For what it's worth I voted for Gary Johnson in the last election... But I'm not really an an-cap, I fall more on the Bleeding Heart Libertarian/Liberaltarian side of the party. I would, for example, be much more likely to vote Democratic than Republican as I care more about social issues and align more with the Chicago school than the Austrian School. (And even then I'm fairly willing to compromise compared to your typical Paulbot/Objectivist/Ancap.)

I find them neither humorous nor informative. I'm well aware of the arguments they present, and even agree with a good few of them, but they fail to explain anything in a meaningful way and the humor is... Actully a post typed in all caps does not warrant this type of response....

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Many on the right, and left I later found out, would cite the "real unemployment" rate to show how poor things have been under Obama. I, being fair, decided to look at the data going farther back and saw the "real" rate was appallingly high under GW Bush, and still pretty high even under Clinton. So it hit me, there is a very real problem and it has little to do with Obama. Especially given the fact we've gone increasingly lesser gov/more pro market ideology. Even Obama's stimulus was more like putting a bandaid on a chainsaw wound. I started to feel we may need more active policy