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> a mode of 'voluntary' interaction that others, myself included, argued is indistinguishable from feudalism Good thing you've got The State extorting and ensl
by rama_dan 9y ago
> a mode of 'voluntary' interaction that others, myself included, argued is indistinguishable from feudalism
Good thing you've got The State extorting and enslaving you then, to protect you from that "feudalism".
- vippy 9y agoGood thing you've got The State to provide a mechanism for non-owner interests to be represented.
- bjl 9y agoI'd rather a democratically elected state than a cabal of wealthy warlords.
- dwe3000 9y agoInteresting that you see a difference. Who do you think the democratically elected are? "Wealthy ..."
- bjl 9y agoIts telling that you don't see a difference. And An-Caps never seem to understand why nobody takes them seriously.
- clarkmoody 9y agoWhat about a democratically elected state that creates wealthy warlords with tax dollars and then wages war on their behalf?
- duncan_bayne 9y agoI'm not an anarchist myself. But what exactly do you think we have now, in many Western countries? There is more than one way to end up with a Rumsfeld or Cheney in power.
- _jal 9y agoI'm actually sympathetic to your viewpoint, but there is a very real difference between hereditary despots-for-life and imperfectly-constitutionally constrained, term-limited assholes-in-chief.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoIndeed. I fear though that one is a stepping stone to the other.