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by pitaj 8y ago
If libertarian ideas were the status quo, there would be a lot less regulation than there is. I don't care about just anti-trust. The entire bureaucracy of the regulatory state affects the competition throughout the economy.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Why would the incentive structure of competition suddenly disappear when applied to utilities? Food and housing are equally inelastic and have high barriers of entry, but we see competition there. The water example you gave is an example of
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by pitaj 8y ago
Can you give a few examples? I imagine you're talking about steel, railroads, oil, and maybe Ma Bell? Those monopolies either weren't bad for consumers, or were consequences of government action.
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by pitaj 8y ago
> there's also little evidence of monopolies that broke down without involvement from the state That's not evidence that anti-trust laws are necessary. > monopolies HAVE been broken down My premise is that those monopolies e
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by pitaj 8y ago
A litany of angels
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by pitaj 8y ago
I think it works both ways in a positive feedback loop. Corporations have an interest in using state power against competition, and Statists will increase state power to "keep corporations under control" with anti-trust and whatno
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by pitaj 8y ago
I'd count DeBeers as statist in origin, even though they aren't really a monopoly IMO. The fact is that diamond supply has been under the control of warlords and other statist factions for a long time. I'd say that counts.
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by pitaj 8y ago
The power of monopolies and indeed of corporations in general is directly tied to the power of the State. It's no surprise to those who understand this that, as the federal government has grown in size, strength, and scope, corporation
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by pitaj 8y ago
I'm been looking for an attractive affordable electric SUV for a while, and while the upcoming Kona Electric looks promising, it still has some glaring issues, like being an only front-wheel drive SUV. It's been reported that Fo
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by pitaj 8y ago
I'm 80% sure you're joking, but just in case, this is essentially what AMP does.
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by pitaj 8y ago
IIRC, Go's ffi is super slow
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by pitaj 8y ago
Overpopulation is a myth Edit: People are asking for proof of this. Unfortunately, I can't prove a negative. It's impossible. I will say this, though: There is a long history of people claiming that overpopulation will happen, res
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by pitaj 8y ago
You should really expand an acronym when you first use it. STV = Single Transferable Vote
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by pitaj 8y ago
> They then ignore or deny any request for feedback (something about liability). One of the many unintended consequences of anti-discrimination law
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by pitaj 8y ago
> which would almost certainly increase the mortality rate This is not at all certain. There are ways of loosening regulations while not making them less safe. Even if there weren't, it is not guaranteed that having less safe regula
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by pitaj 8y ago
> it's not necessarily uncommon for JS developers to include node_modules in their git repos It's highly uncommon, and I've never seen an active, maintained, or popular project with it.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Raising people's standard of living is very effective at reducing reproduction rates, so you don't need to worry about that.
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by pitaj 8y ago
What do you mean?
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by pitaj 8y ago
There are many possibilities for further improving efficiency in size and power, including Gallium Arsenide and Carbon nanotubes / graphene.
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by pitaj 8y ago
I wasn't actually being sarcastic. I'd actually love to live above a grocery store.
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by pitaj 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that having no zoning regulations in addition to allowing business and residence in the same building would improve a lot. Who doesn't want to live above a grocery store?
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by pitaj 8y ago
No, because by breaking whatever contract you agreed to, you have defrauded the other party. Initiating fraud is a form of coercion. The defense of their property from that coercion is not itself a coercive act.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Those constraints are derivatives of the fundamental facts of nature. You are not forced by your boss to work, you are forced by nature to work for the necessities of life.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Only through coercion can freedom be violated. Voluntary agreements like loans don't violate your freedom (though one could make a case for guaranteed loans being a special case). A person stealing your car violates your rights. The go
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by pitaj 8y ago
Intellectual "property" is cancerous repression. It's time for copyright to die.
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by pitaj 8y ago
US colleges used to be affordable before the federal government started pouring money into them with guaranteed loans. It's not a free market, but one distorted by government intervention.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Continued On the idea of Capitalism as an Outdated System unfit for the First World -------- > though, it did also cause that problem One could make an argument that government subsidization of roads resulted in urban sprawl and general
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by pitaj 8y ago
Libertarianism is all about opposing coercion. The greatest coercive entity is the state. The uber-rich use the coercive political apparatus to benefit themselves. Libertarians oppose not only this corruption but also the state having that
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by pitaj 8y ago
Conservatives understand liberals better than the reverse [1]: https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/liberals-conserva... [2]: https://theindependentwhig.com/haidt-passages/haidt/con
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by pitaj 8y ago
What have libertarians ever done to deserve such misrepresentative BS? Meanwhile in the real world, libertarians have little political power or influence. None of the "uber-rich" in power are libertarian.

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