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Old 11-25-2007, 09:58 PM
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Default Re: A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)

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If hundred people are standing by a bridge in a democracy and 51 say jump and 49 say no, then the 49 who refuse are pushed over the edge. In anarchy, 51 will have a common interest, 49 will have a common interest, but since there is no majority rules, 51 will jump and 49 will leave.

[/ QUOTE ] No. In most cases in democracy the 51 THREATEN to throw the 49 off,

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What? Threaten? The majority has not merely threatened to prohibit the minority from using drugs, or from marrying who they want. The majority has not threatened to make the minority pay for wars. These things ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

In anarchy, those who want to get together and jump can do so. And those who don't simply don't.

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in anarchy, if the issue is important enough, they WILL throw them off; or, if the 49 are more powerful, they will prevent the 51 from jumping off. You can call the latter situation "not anarchy" if you want, but what is relevant, politically speaking, is not what the concept of anarchy is, but what the reality and consequences of an anarchical society would be.

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Some people might get to do what they want?
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