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Well, the book's text is available online. I suppose anyone can go figure out for themselves whether reputation (beyond just the extreme form of "people kill yo
by handrous 5y ago
Well, the book's text is available online. I suppose anyone can go figure out for themselves whether reputation (beyond just the extreme form of "people kill you because you're so unpopular") is a significant part of what it supposes would keep people and businesses in line, absent government.
- wyager 5y agoIt has nothing to do with people killing you because you’re unpopular; it’s to do with the fact that if you seriously violate arbitration agreements it becomes too expensive to buy protection.
- handrous 5y ago> no one is going to stop people from shooting you and taking your stuff. I.e. you become an outlaw. [edit, also:] > The plausible end result of violating the law is either that you have to accept the result of arbitration or you end up getting shot
- krapp 5y agoThat seems like the monopoly on violence with... more actual violence.