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Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 03:14 AM
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Posted By valtaherra
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I said eventually... The process of power consolidation under anarchy wouldn't happen overnight, either - I doubt it would be quick, perhaps it would take generations and those people...
Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:55 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
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Then as long as he doesn't walk on your roads without paying, he's fine. If he ever does though, you quite legally shoot him for trespassing, and/or sue him for his house (damages),...
Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:51 AM
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Views: 2,685
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Good thing there's all sorts of space to build "competing" roads on

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There are. Many different locations can be reached via dozens of different road selections.


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Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:39 AM
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Views: 2,685
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In anarchy, a powerful group that wants your things is not going to restrain from using violence to steal from you based on some goody two-shoes notion of human nature. Perhaps the only...
Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:27 AM
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Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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society develops to curb the violence.

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Society develops to survive, not to curb violence.

Property emerges to curb violence.

Search SMP for Borodog's OP "On...
Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:24 AM
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Posted By valtaherra
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[/ QUOTE ] If so, what does the word "society" mean to you? [ QUOTE ]
A community where there are sufficient disincentives to murder, pillage, steal, and do other naughty things...
Forum: Politics 05-18-2007, 02:21 AM
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Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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[/ QUOTE ] Do you believe violent theft, pillaging, and murder is part of human nature?[ QUOTE ]
Yes

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I don't think being a homicidal maniac is part...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 11:03 AM
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Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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No, beyond question it inhibits cloning. Whether some of the clones might improve the original is a question we could debate, but that the inability to profit from...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 10:50 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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You can't form a militia and violently resist? Or are you just saying that you'd lose?

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No, Im saying the government explicitly outlaws doing this. It excludes using...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 04:35 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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[Oh, and a big [censored] LOL at linking private defense contractors being paid by the government and claiming they compete with government.

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Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 04:14 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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Some easy math, your house (and it's lovely) has 800 feet of land on it's border (just play along with the numbers). Every road takes 100 feet of border space. Once the 8th road gets...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 04:08 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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Oh but it is, any group with guns can demand your money, unless you're immune from bullets, in which case you'll likely destroy us all.

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Do you believe violent theft,...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 04:02 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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[/ QUOTE ] 40,000 people die every year on government roads. That number would all but disappear on privately operated roads
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"That number would...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 03:52 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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The myth that government has monopoly control, territorial or otherwise, in these areas.

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I dont know what myth you are referring to. Governments have a territorial...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 03:30 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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[/ QUOTE ] 40,000 people die every year on government roads. That number would all but disappear on privately operated roads
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"That number would all but disappear on...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 03:11 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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Why is that most people have no trouble seeing that government control over the press is a very bad idea while they push for more government control over the schools (public education)? ...
Forum: Politics 05-17-2007, 03:03 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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No, beyond question it inhibits cloning. Whether some of the clones might improve the original is a question we could debate, but that the inability to profit from one's ideas does in...
Forum: Politics 05-15-2007, 03:55 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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I know from firsthand experience that the mixed economy of the United States has led to enormous national prosperity,

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No you dont. You see firsthand enormous...
Forum: Politics 05-15-2007, 03:50 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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and in the process debunks the AC myth that government "monopolies" prevent competition.

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Huh? What AC myth?

Government monopolies (redundant LDO) do prevent...
Forum: Politics 05-15-2007, 03:31 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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They can not only choose what school their child attends, they can even choose to send their child to no school at all.

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Not without notifying the state, and...
Forum: Politics 05-15-2007, 03:19 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 2,685
Posted By valtaherra
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And while the government certainly doesn't offer the solution to everything, there are some things it really does do pretty well, EG roads.

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40,000 people die every year...
Forum: Politics 05-13-2007, 02:45 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 501
Posted By valtaherra
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Either are governments, there is no world government. This is completely subjective as to how you define a territory. If you define a territory as each country, that's very convenient,...
Forum: Politics 05-13-2007, 02:38 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 501
Posted By valtaherra
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But if you are disgusted with the government, you can leave the country and renounce your citizenship. In both situations you have a way out.


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In the concocted...
Forum: Politics 05-13-2007, 02:34 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 501
Posted By valtaherra
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We have two classes, and it is clear that in most cases those who sell labor power need the buyers more than vice versa. It is one thing to be a lawyer or a physician, but your average...
Forum: Politics 05-13-2007, 02:16 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 501
Posted By valtaherra
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Actually the point of that was to show both situations are coercive, by showing the claims of government are analagous to that of a capitalist. It was certainly not to justify government....
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