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What about non-coercive force? If someone scams your aging parents/grandparents into selling their house unfairly, do you think the government should stay out
by brenschluss 12y ago
What about non-coercive force?
If someone scams your aging parents/grandparents into selling their house unfairly, do you think the government should stay out of it? After all, your parents/grandparents are the ones who willingly went ahead with the scam.
Do you consider monopolies a coercive force? If a local cable company (say, Comcast) holds a de facto monopoly over local internet, imposing high fees and bad service on customers, do you think the government should stay out of it? After all, no one is being compelled to buy internet; it's everyone's choice not to.
- mindcrime 12y agoYeah, I was over-simplifying in the name of space. I generally lump force and fraud together in the category of things where use of force, in the name of self-defense, is acceptable. Do you consider monopolies a coercive force? Not as a rule, no.
- brenschluss 12y agoSo you're against the government regulating against anti-competition, anti-trust collusion in the marketplace?
- mindcrime 12y agoYes.