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We can certainly stipulate how things should work in a fantasyland where everyone behaves rationally and courts produce principled decisions. But that isn't the
by KerrAvon 4y ago
We can certainly stipulate how things should work in a fantasyland where everyone behaves rationally and courts produce principled decisions. But that isn't the world where we actually live. And this is where most of capital-L Libertarian ideology falls apart.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThis system has a long track record of working pretty well in the real world. I don't deny there are many unrealistic dreamers on "my" side. But that's endemic across all ideological sides.
- mcguire 4y agoDo you have a source for this long track record? Specifically, dealing with externalities?
- SamBam 4y agoHow many times has someone successfully sued for some fractional externality that harms them, and was the suit ever enough to effect change? Even if there are one or two cases, that's hardly a "long track record" compared to the inability of private citizens to sue to enact meaningful change in climate change, asbestos, leaded gas, fracking, polluted oceans, acid rain, deforestation, lead in the water, chemicals in our food supply, etc etc etc.