Re: A question about private roads
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Is there any reason that these firms won't be corrupted by money and power?
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Yes. It's called competition and voluntary eaxchange. A coercive monopolist who can simply force you to buy his "services" is much more susceptible to corruption (I would call government corrupt by its very definition, but that's another discussion) by power and money than is a firm whose customers can simply choose a non-corrupt competitor to do business with.
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If they can find a "non-corrupt" competitor. Once again you attribute more susceptibility to corruption to government officials than private individuals without the slightest bit of evidence or reason to believe that is true. Given mises tendency to make similar unsupportable proclamations and leaps of faith, that isn't surprising.
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