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A bunch of ultra-libertarians with guns could probably defend against well-organized and reasonably armed pirates. The odds would be better if they trained, ha
by justindz 18y ago
A bunch of ultra-libertarians with guns could probably defend against well-organized and reasonably armed pirates. The odds would be better if they trained, had defense shifts and/or patrols and did other militaristic things. Being purely reactive and without any kind of regimentation probably wouldn't work well.
I wonder if that isn't the seed for a form of organization that isn't as free as people would want it to be. Alternately, I'm sure you could hire mercenaries, but then you'd want some counter-balance to their opportunity to turn against you or go rogue.
Are there historical precedents for reactive and non-professional--note, I don't mean non-talented--defenses against outside forces that aren't a fluke (e.g. occur several times with the same defending group)?
You probably wouldn't want a big mutually-assured destruction style deterrent without the kinds of controls listed above, either.
- ivankirigin 18y agoIt was very common for those on the American frontier to defend themselves. I think that is a reasonable precedent. Some of the only laws I would pass on an island would be outlawing violence and establishing mechanisms to enforce this, especially from outside attacks. There are certainly private forces that could get the job done, and I can even imagine a libertarian society decreeing that the government must contract out to multiple competing parties to enforce the laws. The note about MAD is interesting because it is so easy to destroy a village size seastead.