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Many years ago I carpooled with a libertarian who believed that we shouldn't have police. Rather, if you want protection you should either protect yourself or s
by pmdulaney 4y ago
Many years ago I carpooled with a libertarian who believed that we shouldn't have police. Rather, if you want protection you should either protect yourself or subscribe to a security service. He was also opposed to the county public health department assigning grades (A, B, etc.) to restaurants; if you want to subscribe to a service to monitor restaurants, that's your choice. I can't say I agree with my old carpool buddy or with you. But I am a big fan of freedom of speech, so I'm giving you an up vote.
- bediger4000 4y agoOne substantial problem with any "let individuals choose an X service and subscribe to it" as your libertarian friend advocated is economy of scale. Only a loon would say that there isn't economy of scale in almost every situation. In combination with some almost-as-well-established cognitive biases, this means that very few voluntary public health departments would ever exist. I don't see a way around this.