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by ancap 10y ago
>The commons are where we all live, breathe, work, and play. To say they don't matter is to completely ignore what it is to be human. I can't speak for your life but I spend the vast majority of my time on private property--inc
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by ancap 10y ago
>No. My stance is that innocent-people pay for the crimes of others in your hypothetical. You say "No" but then you repeated what I stated in different terms. Yes, it's unfortunate that there are bad people in the world wh
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by ancap 10y ago
>There is no freedom whatsoever there. Only servitude to the corporate masters who would control things. Source?
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by ancap 10y ago
>Bob shoplift from a store. How does the insurance company stop him from shoplifing from the store again? When did I say an insurance company would stop a shoplifter? Whether or not Walmart will physically confront a shoplifter or not (I
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by ancap 10y ago
>Nice argument. I guess we're done here. If you want to debate about philosophy and morals with me, the bare minimum requirement is that you do care. I think you've taken it the wrong way. I truly have no idea what you're
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by ancap 10y ago
Sure you could. Airplanes fly in the atmosphere all the time. Rockets put satellites into orbit.
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by ancap 10y ago
It's interesting that you're either purposefully cherry picking my comments or just not reading them. If you read my response above you would see that markets do not merely allow shoplifters to get away with it and I never suggest
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by ancap 10y ago
You're being facetious but I will address a few of your points regardless. >Going for a walk? (Are there sidewalks anymore?) Have you negotiated with each individual sidewalk owner for right of passage? If you like walking around yo
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Whoever homesteaded them
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by ancap 10y ago
>Yeah. Businesses pay for something. Consumers pay for them. >But unless you actually create a crime-fighting unit, then you have innocent people paying for the crimes of others. So what? My local grocery store has a publicly accessib
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by ancap 10y ago
>In the great scheme of things, yes. Although the definition kinda gets silly and I see your point. At the end of the day, you cannot trust the "free market" to solve vandalism or shoplifting. See my above response. Markets do
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by ancap 10y ago
The idea of the commons is outside the realm of markets. It's like saying my local garbage man is a failure because he did nothing about the orbiting space garbage. Markets deal with private property and the fact that economists try to
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by ancap 10y ago
>Yes. This is exactly why we don't expect markets to take care of these issues: instead, we have a public police force. Markets can and do take care of these problems. Businesses employ loss prevention and security staff, install se
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by ancap 10y ago
Would you describe vandalism as a "market failure"? How about shoplifting? If not, why are they a different problem from littering? If there is a problem with plastic bag litter, it is the fault of the litterers, which is a subset
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by ancap 10y ago
A more accurate statement might be that I don't care for half-witted theories which are widely toted, used as justification to impose authoritarian regulations and conceal the true cause of today's problems.
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You're still not describing a "market failure".
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Plastic bag litter is not a "market failure" any more than litter of soda cans or dirty diapers is.
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by ancap 10y ago
>The plastic bag ban caused much gnashing of teeth, but it was a basic instance of market failure (nobody pays for the externalities of bag pollution) In no way does this demonstrate a "market failure". Municipalities own and&#
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by ancap 10y ago
It's ok for neighbors to not be happy. I can be unhappy if my neighbor paints their house chartreuse, but it doesn't mean I should have any say on what color my neighbor's house should be. For those who want to ensure their n
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by ancap 10y ago
>I buy the original homesteader house and open my heavy metal venue? And that's ok? I bet the neighbors won't be happy. No, that's not ok. The neighbor's have homesteaded their property (or obtained it from the origin
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by ancap 10y ago
I'm not sure what the issue is with any of those scenarios. If someone rightfully obtains a property they are in the same position as the original homesteader.
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The problems you raise are all solved by the theory of homesteading. No additional regulations or zoning laws necessary.
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by ancap 10y ago
Your example is already a solved problem with the theory of homesteading. Whoever homesteaded the property first has the right to enjoy their property in the manner they originally possessed it. In this case, the outdoor, heavy metal music
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by ancap 10y ago
The chief problem with the idea of NIMBY is that it is not really the concerned party's back yard. A more accurate term for the concept might be NIMNBY (Not In My Neighbors' Back Yard). NIMBY is an affront to the concept of proper
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>What is a "free" market? I think this is the important question. My core belief is that actors in an economy will act according to game theory. Is a free market one with no rules? If so, what is to stop someone from lying, che
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by ancap 10y ago
>Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinions. I guess we fundamentally disagree on how historical events should be interpreted. As I said previously, I would love to hear the historical case you have in mind. Let's examine the
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by ancap 10y ago
>A failing but necessary industry is one ripe for being regulated by a socialist government. I would love to hear the historical case you have in mind. In my study of history the case which government lays out for their new intervention
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by ancap 10y ago
>Great! Then you should be strongly in favor of a basic income, because part of the logical construction of BI is the abolition of minimum wage. Nope. >Minimum wage is a collective agreement to avoid people working below subsistence w
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by ancap 10y ago
What makes you think I'm unaware? What's wrong with the charity option?
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by ancap 10y ago
>No, socialism says focusing on group cooperation optimizes aggregate wealth. Socialism says that somewhere between a completely shared economy and a completely private economy is a sweet spot where you get the best of both worlds. Socia

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