One of the main rebuttals that I hear from individuals about an "anarchist" or "anarcho-capitalist" society is that eventually there will either be mob-rule or that the market will become a government to itself. My initial response is: "Anything is better than what we have now..."
In all reality, the market does allow for voluntary exchange in everything - including ideas. For example, if a community/subdivision/city block decides that they are all going to help each other out in a way that some would consider mutualist or socialist this is fine. The difference between this "socialism" and the socialism of today's existence is that there is no coercive state that says you have to be a socialist or, at least, if you're not a socialist then your going to jail. This "voluntaryism" allows for individual communites to come up with and put in place their own guidelines to how people can contribute... but they dont have to. Not every subdivision is going to have a codified set of customs/traditions/rules/"laws" that everyone has to abide by.
Also, the market will pick out what the accepting norms are as far as interpersonal exchanges are concerned. Some may consider a type of rule by the mob to be better than what we currently have because of the market theme behind it. When the market is behind a system of governance, there is an option for real change. Competition is key. Under the state, the key difference is there is a monopoly on force.
So, in a sense, there is no opposition to government as long as government is voluntary and there is no force coercing you to follow discriminatory laws both economically and socially.
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