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None of the things you mention are violence. The miners decided that out of all the alternatives they had, that was their best alternative. At some point they d
by jules 9y ago
None of the things you mention are violence. The miners decided that out of all the alternatives they had, that was their best alternative. At some point they decided that it was no longer, so they went on strike. If the system had worked according to the principles I outlined then the company would not have been able to open sniper fire on the workers, and the company would have had to treat its workers better if they wanted people to come back to work.
- pyrale 9y agoIn that set of hypotheses you laid out, you're right. My point is that observations tend to prove the predicates necessary for your model are not verified in reality.
- jules 9y agoThen why give this example? The whole point of what I said was that in a free market the transactions have to be voluntary. Whatever your definition of voluntary, the precise meaning of which can be debated, it does not include opening sniper fire on people in order to make them work.