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"prohibitions on fraud"? You mean have a group of people who decide what is true? Isn't that better known as Not-Libertarianism?
by jakeogh 11y ago
"prohibitions on fraud"? You mean have a group of people who decide what is true? Isn't that better known as Not-Libertarianism?
- maxxxxx 11y agoThat's the question I always ask and never get an answer.
- duncan_bayne 11y agoMaybe you're asking anarchists ;)
- jakeogh 11y ago(much) stronger reverence for the 1st Amendment != Anarchy.
- duncan_bayne 11y agoCould you please elaborate on that? I think you may be conflating prohibitions on speech based on their perceived truthfulness, vs. the need to decide on objective truth in a courtroom. E.g. I should be perfectly free to say "the world is flat" or "my religion is the only truth". But if I'm ever in court on a related matter, I'd better be able to prove it.
- duncan_bayne 11y agoYou mean have a group of people who decide what is true? Yes. That's the way society works; in a civilised country, that decision is made through the courts, based on laws created by a democratic Government[1]. Isn't that better known as Not-Libertarianism? No, it's better known as Not-Anarchism. Please stop conflating anarchism with Libertarianism. [1] Not necessarily an elected one. There's more than one way to achieve democracy; selecting the Government by random ballot from the citizenry, a.k.a. sortition, is one alternative to voting. It also happens to be my preferred one.