Hey man, good to see you! That’s a bummer to hear as well, and surprising.
Type: Posts; User: ironhead
Hey man, good to see you! That’s a bummer to hear as well, and surprising.
Holy shit, I haven’t been on this site in over 8 years and am very sorry to hear that MBL (Matt) passed away. He and Ron Stringfield, especially on the old Politics.com, were the main people who...
Madison made a fine argument from effect, but not actually from first principles. Also, unlike Jefferson, I am not making an argument for government.
Ah, same old Dixie, always at least a modicum of intelligence but plenty of ad hominems to give it a much larger helping of atavism. Oh, and a juicy strawman argument, to boot.
I never said you...
So, you don't support coerced taxation? In other words, if someone resists taxation, they will be kidnapped by police and jailed. If they resist being captured, they will killed. This is an...
LOL - and how long did it take before FedGov violated its own rules? Ever hear of The Alien and Sedition Acts? I think you're the one who is ignoring history, my friend. How well is the government...
If someone violates a contract, that is virtually the same as committing fraud, which is tantamount to initiating force. If people can't be trusted in general, why would you want to allow ambitious,...
IP is fallacious. If I overhear you telling a friend about an idea you have, is the idea in my head your property? If I purchase a book, the ink on the pages is my property, just as much as the...
Well, defending your property from the aggression of a mugger is not initiating force. It is self-defense.
Just as I expected, you still haven't addressed anything substantive.
It's been a long time since I have been on this board. I somehow managed to forget that virtually no one is on here to be...
Wow, I should have guessed you believe that government grants us our rights. Keep buying into that communist nonsense. And no, we don't need a state to work together and create wealth.
Okay, I was civil and respectful towards you, but you have obviously proved you are not going to afford me as such.
You clearly don't fucking understand anything, let alone what a strawman...
Precisely. I would be okay with voluntary taxes, though I doubt any state would tolerate such an arrangement for very long. This is essentially what happened with the Articles of Confederation.
That's a bizarre question. Let me qualify my statement. No individual can resist taxation without fear of being kidnapped and jailed. That is the resistance I am speaking of - truly withdrawing one's...
Despite all of these sidebars which I have answered, I don't think anyone has actually answered the question:
Do you support the initiation of the use of force? Will you answer this question? I'm...
That is absolutely nonsensical. First of all, if someone makes a negative comment about a business and then suddenly disappears - you don't think friends/family might just suspect who did it?...
First of all, nobody's talking about a utopia. There is such thing as a perfect arrangement for human society. There will always be problems. And I reject your use of the word "corporate," as it...
You are a self-contained organism. If you deny that you own yourself, then you are saying that another person has a higher claim to your body than you. That is why rape, murder, assault, theft, and...
So, let's say you sign a lease contract with your landlord for two years for an apartment. At the end of the two years, you don't sign it to renew and he just assumes you agree because you didn't...
The Constitution has failed to restrain the Federal government from breaking its own rules from virtually the very beginning. No matter how much voting has occurred, those in power keep violating...
I don't support IP. If you purchase a book, CD, computer, etc. - it is your property, not someone else's just because they petitioned the state for such "rights."
There's nothing biblical about social ostracism. I think that it would happen, though far, far less than people are jailed as they are now. Quite preferable.
And would customers want to purchase services from a corporation which behaved as such? Competitors would make a killing by taking their customers and offering better services/treatment.
A "racket" is not subject to market discipline via competition and voluntary contracts; DRO's would most certainly be. Rackets can only exist with government protection.
Dixie, individuals in power created laws, just like individuals in factories created the cars in your scenario. I am not arguing that the individuals don't exist, I am saying that the state is merely...