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> But we don't see them shooting each other up because there's the Leviathan with the big guns telling them not to. Do you think that 7-11 is itching to shoot

> But we don't see them shooting each other up because there's the Leviathan with the big guns telling them not to. Do you think that 7-11 is itching to shoot up AM/PM? Would you still buy your Slurpies there if they stared? > We do for example, still see plenty of war between drug cartels, even though the wars are extremely unprofitable. Drug cartels are an artifact of the state. There are no drug cartels without drug prohibition. > Yet if you win one, you get to control much more space and you're suddenly a lot more profitable than before. Would you keep paying for cops that did that? Or hire different ones? > This argument sounds good in theory It's not my argument, especially. I'm not an anarchist. :) > it needs some explanation why states and individuals act irrational in that regard all the time I think that's very fair. But I think you will find that at the bottom of mafia violence is rational decision-making. But private rights-enforcement is a different game with very different rewards for the actors.

luckylion 6y ago
> Do you think that 7-11 is itching to shoot up AM/PM? Would you still buy your Slurpies there if they stared? Not while it lasted. But generally, that's what happened before the nation states took over the monopoly of violence and enforced it with an iron fist. You may not see two mega companies go at it (they'll form a cartel), but want to set up a new shop next to 7-11? Good luck keeping the flames from spontaneously erupting all the time. We've had private right enforcement before we've had public rights enforcement, or rather, public rights enforcement evolved from private rights enforcement. You went to your local nobility who had a bunch of men to do the violent enforcement, and they'd settle disputes for you. Still: war. I'm not convinced it's a good idea to go back to a system that we've abandoned for its many issues, injustice and general inefficiency. Now, if you throw blockchain in there, that's a totally different story, of course! ;)

luckylion 6y ago

> Do you think that 7-11 is itching to shoot up AM/PM? Would you still buy your Slurpies there if they stared? Not while it lasted. But generally, that's what happened before the nation states took over the monopoly of violence and enforced it with an iron fist. You may not see two mega companies go at it (they'll form a cartel), but want to set up a new shop next to 7-11? Good luck keeping the flames from spontaneously erupting all the time. We've had private right enforcement before we've had public rights enforcement, or rather, public rights enforcement evolved from private rights enforcement. You went to your local nobility who had a bunch of men to do the violent enforcement, and they'd settle disputes for you. Still: war. I'm not convinced it's a good idea to go back to a system that we've abandoned for its many issues, injustice and general inefficiency. Now, if you throw blockchain in there, that's a totally different story, of course! ;)