consentist

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by consentist 10y ago
People want what they were promised. Career politicians were not giving. They elected someone else instead. Reality is Trump or anyone else wont be able to deliver. I think It all started when democracy transitioned from model of governence
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by consentist 10y ago
> Government = bad Because world has not seen a libertarian government yet. > Taxes = theft There are two arguments here. 1. Tax Amount. 2. Consent. Most of the arugment against taxes from libertarins pov is the amount. Govts does
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by consentist 10y ago
> this entire subthread is entertaining the notion that a true libertarian society would have no government capable of using force against the citizenry. Libertarianism in simple terms means emphasis on individualism and removing state
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by consentist 10y ago
Police.
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by consentist 10y ago
> NAP by definition is an ethical stance. Following NAP is constitutional requirement irrelevent to ones ethics.
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by consentist 10y ago
My claim is: highly objective criminal-code/constitution ==> low corruption. Do you disagree with this ? Any couter examples. Note: "jailtime += 20yrs if skin_color==black" is objective but not libertarian.
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by consentist 10y ago
> ... hired a police force to handle the issue and built a jail to throw all the poors into Violates NAP. Cant Happen. But the state police does have constitution-granted right to confine you for repeatedly violating NAP such as by bre
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by consentist 10y ago
> The burden is on libertarians to explain exactly why this would not happen in the absense of any democratically elected government. This is why libertarian constitution is designed to be simple and objective, as much as possible. Cor