Reactions to AC

[Richard Tanner]

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How could you hire a bigger one? Insurance companies don't provide protection when you attack someone and they defend. My car insurance doesn't pay out if I take a hammer to it. You would only bribe my company if the amount that it would take to bribe them is less than the amount that you could take from me. It would take a lot to bribe the insurance company because the force of the negative reputation would cost them profit. I'd get on the horn to my friends and family and say "hey, spread the word about that god damn insurance company being evil crooks".
As far as laws go.. jesus christ that's complicated but if cell phone providers can find a way to make it work so that they can call eachother then we could find a way to make laws work. Though exactly how it would work is far beyond my mental capacity.

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Ok you're focusing on a detail when it's the big picture that's the point. The fact that it's a insurance company isn't the point, let's say it's a "security company" that I hire/bribe (and I bribe would work, because it'll be hard to complain if you're dead). More over, what if my guys don't care about repuation, they've got a lot of guys, who all have guns, and they're gonna take what they want. Granted it would take alot of manpower to do this, but it's by no means impossible.

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I'm not assuming it's impossible. I'm saying that it has never worked. The entire history of the state is about its expansion. It only stops expanding when it collapses. Am I incorrect here? I could be.. I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable about all this as I'd like to be.

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Eh, yes and no. By and large, people in power want more power. It's an evil breed, this man. But you said it, it's not impossible, in fact, what I'm suggesting (and also AC) has never been attempted, so we're both speaking largely in hypotheticals.

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If they consent then that is not government. Government is about no consent. It's like if I agree to rape then it's not rape. Part of the definition is that I don't want to be raped.

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Huh? If it's a group of people they appoint to run things, it's a government. They're people that govern them, thus govern-ment.

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As for the pharmacies and ro-ads.. roods.. roeds.. (Chris Farley obviously): I haven't researched Ip enough to give you an answer as to how it would work.

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If only PVN had the courage (or will) to give an answer. There's nothing wrong with saying "I don't know", no one knows everything. So we'll leave some of my examples alone.

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Roads are easy though. If people are willing to pay to use a road then some capitalist pig will find a way to slim their wallets.



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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 build from your house (you're out of space) they owners get together and say "hahahaha well now he either has to pay to park his car in a garage and walk X miles to and from it everyday, or he has to pay our huge fees, miserable piss-ant" and you're boned. This is one of those few moments where it'd be really cool to have some large entity with authority say "play fair".

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p.s. I linked to some podcasts on roads earlier if you care to listen to them.

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They're good, though not perfect. These guys have done their homework.

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I'm sure I sound like a hippy but seriously I'm utterly convinced that the problem we are having is caused by how you view your parents.

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You sir, have piqued my interest. I'm not going to say anything, you tell me how I view my parents and I'll tell you how right you are.

Cody