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Somalia is often brought up by Libertarians as an example of a distributed legal system. The argument is that Somalia has done better than their African peers o
by bsbechtel 11y ago
Somalia is often brought up by Libertarians as an example of a distributed legal system. The argument is that Somalia has done better than their African peers over recent years...no idea if that is still the case or not.
- jessaustin 11y agoIME it's far more often brought up as a cautionary example by "antilibertarians". As in, if we limit the authority of some official government agency in some small fashion, we'll soon live in a poor violent sub-Saharan hellhole. (Not my characterization, but rather that of the antilibertarians.)
- zo1 11y ago>"Somalia is often brought up by Libertarians as an example of a distributed legal system." It was inevitable, as "Somalia" has been "thrown" at libertarian-type ideas for a very long time. Somalia is a failed state, yet served as some sort of "A-ha! Gotcha, silly Libertarian!" type of retort to almost all suggestions of a stateless, or limited-state society.