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How far does your scofflaw streak go? Is this different from adding law enforcement blocking controls to any illegal tech product? Should everyone get to decide

How far does your scofflaw streak go? Is this different from adding law enforcement blocking controls to any illegal tech product? Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow? I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism.

Karunamon 10y ago
Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow? You act as if they don't already. Society works pretty well anyways.
- blackguardx 10y ago
  Tell that to the millions of Americans in prison. How did that work out for them?
  - Karunamon 10y ago
    Society > USA.
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    That example is supposed to inspire us to respect the law more? You need more practice at this rhetoric thing...
    - blackguardx 10y ago
      I didn't say you had to respect it. Unjust laws should be changed. There is a process for that. It is fundamentally unfair to have one segment of society (tech workers) have a different set of rules than the rest. Do you disagree?
      - odbol 10y ago
        The process doesn't work as well as you think it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
hype7 10y ago
Yes, everyone should decide what laws to follow. Ask rosa parks or any poor soul unfortunate enough to be a citizen of nazi Germany.
- pharrington 10y ago
  The civil rights movement was in no way about the abolition of the rule of law. Hitler's promise of greatness actually did seduce a ton of the economically and socially devastated German population. Hitler was a known outlaw. Even if you can't yet think your premise through to the end, at least consider the consistency and truth of your own words.
- Spooky23 10y ago
  So Travis Kalanick is a modern day Rosa Parks? Really?
mirimir 10y ago
But here's the thing: What we have now is anarchy. It's just that the powerful make the laws, and con the masses. Some places it looks like capitalism, other places more like kleptocracy. But just about everywhere, the game is rigged.
mindcrime 10y ago
I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism FWIW, I consider those terms, along with "voluntaryist" and/or "market anarchist" to be approximately synonymous for all practical purposes.

Karunamon 10y ago

Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow? You act as if they don't already. Society works pretty well anyways.

blackguardx 10y ago
Tell that to the millions of Americans in prison. How did that work out for them?
- Karunamon 10y ago
  Society > USA.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  That example is supposed to inspire us to respect the law more? You need more practice at this rhetoric thing...
  - blackguardx 10y ago
    I didn't say you had to respect it. Unjust laws should be changed. There is a process for that. It is fundamentally unfair to have one segment of society (tech workers) have a different set of rules than the rest. Do you disagree?
    - odbol 10y ago
      The process doesn't work as well as you think it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig

hype7 10y ago

Yes, everyone should decide what laws to follow. Ask rosa parks or any poor soul unfortunate enough to be a citizen of nazi Germany.

pharrington 10y ago
The civil rights movement was in no way about the abolition of the rule of law. Hitler's promise of greatness actually did seduce a ton of the economically and socially devastated German population. Hitler was a known outlaw. Even if you can't yet think your premise through to the end, at least consider the consistency and truth of your own words.
Spooky23 10y ago
So Travis Kalanick is a modern day Rosa Parks? Really?

mirimir 10y ago

But here's the thing: What we have now is anarchy. It's just that the powerful make the laws, and con the masses. Some places it looks like capitalism, other places more like kleptocracy. But just about everywhere, the game is rigged.

mindcrime 10y ago

I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism FWIW, I consider those terms, along with "voluntaryist" and/or "market anarchist" to be approximately synonymous for all practical purposes.