thelastuser

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by thelastuser 13y ago
This is terrifying. Who makes up this society? Just the people in your political borders? What about the people in other countries? Or would they count only after their military successfully invades your country? And when their military doe
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by thelastuser 13y ago
Because not enough people are wonderful.
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by thelastuser 13y ago
I just want to note first that it is not clear that all land is currently owned. Natural owners (homesteaders) have been displaced many times by state violence and the threat of state violence keeps people from homesteading available space.
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by thelastuser 13y ago
I cannot speak for the parent, but disagreements can be resolved by independent, third-party arbitration (which may have also been agreed upon by the HOA). This is not to be confused with a territorial monopoly on final arbitration, viz. a
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by thelastuser 13y ago
It is strange how well conditioned people are to regard roads as this Great Social Problem even as they go about buying cheaper and cheaper stuff that does more and more everyday thanks to capitalism.
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by thelastuser 13y ago
Why not?
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by thelastuser 13y ago
>Simply having a welfare state or some nationalized industries is not socialism. Yes it is. It is a matter of degree. When you have an income tax, you have socialized income. If you have a "workers factory", you have socialized
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by thelastuser 13y ago
I suppose that would be disingenuous... if anyone were to suggest it. You have no idea, of those government provisions you listed, what the actual costs are. You won't be able to get the most efficient allocation of resources, because
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by thelastuser 13y ago
I admit, I'm not sure what the argument is exactly. Nature is chaotic, therefore socialism? I cannot speak for Randians or Objectivists, but an advocate of a private property society does not have a problem with insurance. Insurance is