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I expect that's not what ancaps mean when they talk about 'physical removal', but it is a good undertaking for anyone who's not oriented towards cruelty.
Alternatively, there can be no middle class without a lower class simply by definition of 'middle'. XD
"Phisical removal" is a meme. Hoppe originally used the phrase when writing about people who ideologically oppose anarchy (in established anarchist society). And he didn't mean a "helicopter ride", he meant societal pressure, shunning, or in his own words " you're not welcome here" attitude.
I know damn well what Hoppe meant, and 'physical removal' being a meme no more absolves it of its connotations than 'God-Emperor Trump' being a meme absolves MAGA idiots who use it. Hoppe's view of an anarchist society is quite explicitly- you know what, why don't I let him own words speak for him?
No.
I mean, a classless society would be a genuinely good thing. It's very important that your means of creating said society matches the values that you want that society to have, though. Authoritarian communists fail pretty hard on that front.