dtsygankov

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by dtsygankov 13y ago
> Libertarians simply disagree about the ROLE of government - not whether it should exist. Libertarianism is a broad and not well-defined term. It incorporates various groups of people that believe in property rights, and believe that go
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
> If these guys decide to band together to exact some form of "justice" against the thieves, then isn't that a form of "government"? It depends on what kind of "justice" it is. Anarchist libertarians de
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
Libertarians and communists are probably the only ones on this list who have actually made any attempts to define "freedom" in a consistent and location-independent way?
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
"But without the government, people would immediately start killing each other, and the last person remaining would commit suicide. Heck, I would gladly kill you right now if no one would be watching." - that is your argument, ess
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
Let's separate "the way it is" from "the way it should be". I agree that the majority of the people controlling a territory get to set the rules they wish to set - that's "the way it is". A warlord ge
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
So, say, the first American settlers used to own their houses because of an agreement with the British government - right? Now, at the exact moment they wished to secede, and started the War of Independence, they violated the agreement, and
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
The majority of whom? Do you think the majority of the world would vote that they need a visa to travel to, say, the US? Also, there's no need to protect me from anarchy, since the exact meaning of the word "anarchy" is &quot
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by dtsygankov 13y ago
When I'm not letting _your_ friends in _my_ house, this is OK, since my house is my property. When _my_ friends cannot visit me in _my_ house, however, because they are lacking a piece of paper called visa, the world is really messed u