also noting your last comment… tis why I try to keep contact with my neighbors back on this private road of ours in which we own and the county has nothing to do with. We have a little community of trust worthy people here and we really love the idea that we mind our own business. We really keep to ourselves and look the other way.
No. I’m simply pointing out that some people will gladly trade their personal liberty for a place to eat and sleep. I would think a high IQ capitalist such as yourself could figure out a way to put that impulse to profitable use.
I have to agree with Byzantine. Libertarian thinking is not the norm. Many people see statism and liberty tradeoffs for material gain as perfectly acceptable. It’s not just commies. It’s our teachers and preachers, it’s our uncles and grand-parents. It’s all around. We’re a fraction of the population, and in the US, maybe 20 years away from some sort of minarchist breakthrough.
It’s good to be honest with ourselves. And as he indicated, if you know how the statist think, then you can find ways to exploit that for personal gain.
If it were we would not be rattling cages LS, I would be enjoying peanut butter and chocolate :o)
I am willing ot stand out on a limb as say that people who would are not too far off from accepting Communism for material gain…
Have I told you how patient I am when it is something I want?
I am of the opinion that if you let them starve, they will die, and then we have less obstruction to a breakthrough…
I understand the horrific implication of this thought process, but the fact remains I kill mosquitos, I am at least letting the human bloodsuckers have the chance to learn and live through their mistakes…
Although not an answer to your question, but something I’ve been thinking about. What bugs me is when the media only reports American deaths in a war. That’s just disrespect. It is like no other deaths really matter, that somehow an American life is worth more than an Iraqi or British life. Never mind the many more thousands of innocent civilians who lose their lives. We’ll just pay attention to the thousands of Americans. Now I’m not saying it’s only like that in the . I’m sure they do the same thing in , , , etc.
My opinion on this issue is apparently shared by Walter Block. Not that that makes it right, but there is a healthy debate on the subject, contrary to the shock and horror which greeted my post here. The fact is there are many people whose skills are so fungible and ability to live in complex society so tenuous that an offer of lifetime servitude is their best bargaining chip for food and shelter.