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"A) The old west DID have a government. The US government wasn't exactly helpless out there." I'm going to leave this here, since you haven't read it: http://
by micahbright 10y ago
"A) The old west DID have a government. The US government wasn't exactly helpless out there."
I'm going to leave this here, since you haven't read it:
http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=803 http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=80...
- crdoconnor 10y ago>you haven't read it Which you assume because? If you're referring to the wagon trains/land clubs/etc. this isn't really all that different to arbitration - which we have today.
- micahbright 10y agoA) The old west DID have a government. The US government wasn't exactly helpless out there. "So-called land clubs were organizations established by settlers before the U.S. government even surveyed the land, let alone started to sell it or give it away." before the U.S. government even surveyed the land before the U.S. government You don't read much do you?