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You don't depend on it and it is illegal. Just like today. The original idea is to limit power. Now if you require an enforcer that is stronger than every enti
by dmichulke 10y ago
You don't depend on it and it is illegal. Just like today.
The original idea is to limit power. Now if you require an enforcer that is stronger than every entity in the system, the enforcer becomes part of the system. Then you need another enforcer that enforces stuff on the original one, ad infinitum. So you cannot ultimately enforce everything, not so today and not so in libertopia.
There are still solutions / mitigation mechanisms to this, and I'll just sketch a few:
- Embargos - fully legal, you just stop trading with the bad guy and revoke access to your property. The more people do it, the more expensive his life becomes. If the embargo is respected by enough people in the municipality, he'll lead an expensive, lone life with little to no access to food, health care, energy ... Note this is a current mechanism in international politics where there is no ultimate enforcer.
- Karmic violence - fully illegal, yet it was practiced throughout history to deal with perceived injustices, starting with killing Cesar, the plots to kill Hitler until today's violence between gangs. Each instance represents a failure of the enforcement system, still it is very common. Note this is equivalent to war in international politics.
- Coalitions: Groups of people embargoing or enacting karmic violence against a specified individual. Note this is again very common in international politics.
- jandrese 10y agoSo the solution is to form a government to punish the person who is acting badly.