why I am not "anarcho-capitalist"

[bloomj31]

@Stranger

Power is the ability to injure without retaliation. You can eliminate power by giving everyone the means to retaliate with maximum force.

Why would the people in power allow that to happen?

[Angurse]

@bloomj31

Isn’t that a nice idea. But their incentives is power. How do you deincentivize power?

Have government in the form of a firm instead of a state for starters.

[ama_gi]

@Angurse

Have government in the form of a firm instead of a state for starters.

Or, how about no government at all. Let the people themselves act as legislators, cops, and judges in a direct democracy.

[filc]

@bloomj31

Why would the people in power allow that to happen?

At what point does it become trolling?

[Stranger]

@bloomj31

@Stranger

Power is the ability to injure without retaliation. You can eliminate power by giving everyone the means to retaliate with maximum force.

Why would the people in power allow that to happen?

Because they are destroying themselves in their greed and corruption.

[Knight_of_BAAWA]

@bloomj31

I’m saying there is no permanent solution. There will always be governments.

Will there?

[bloomj31]

Alright, I’m done arguing about this for now. We shall see what happens, perhaps the an-cap people will be correct. I’m not betting on it though.

[Knight_of_BAAWA]

@Knight_of_BAAWA

Eventually he’ll die, as we all do. If nothing else, that will be the justice. Your questions belie a naive belief in Ultimate Justice.

@bloomj31

That’s not good enough for me.

Then you should eliminate your ridiculous belief in Ultimate Justice.

[DanielMuffinburg]

@ama gi

@Angurse

Have government in the form of a firm instead of a state for starters.

Or, how about no government at all. Let the people themselves act as legislators, cops, and judges in a direct democracy.

Can there be multiple democracies? Say, you are a member of one democracy while I am a member of another?

[DanielMuffinburg]

@bloomj31

Alright, I’m done arguing about this for now. We shall see what happens, perhaps the an-cap people will be correct. I’m not betting on it though.

Correct about what?

[ama_gi]

@Daniel Muffinburg

Can there be multiple democracies? Say, you are a member of one democracy while I am a member of another?

Of course.

Now of course, only 1 democracy can have jurisdiction in a certain dispute. If you commit a crime in California, you will be arrested and tried in California under California law, not Nevada or Texas–regardless of whether you live in Nevada or Texas, or whether you really really like Nevada or Texas.

And of course there would be something similar in anarchy.

[Stranger]

@ama gi

Now of course, only 1 democracy can have jurisdiction in a certain dispute. If you commit a crime in California, you will be arrested and tried in California under California law, not Nevada or Texas–regardless of whether you live in Nevada or Texas, or whether you really really like Nevada or Texas.

That’s all fine, but if you commit a crime in your own home, why should California have jurisdiction over that?

[DanielMuffinburg]

@ama gi

@Daniel Muffinburg

Can there be multiple democracies? Say, you are a member of one democracy while I am a member of another?

Of course…

Can I be the sole member of a democracy?

[Angurse]

@ama gi

Or, how about no government at all. Let the people themselves act as legislators, cops, and judges in a direct democracy.

How does being a member of a firm removes your status as being a person? Regardless, direct democracy is still a government … a bad one at that.

[filc]

For those that are defending democracy how do you deal with the economic calculation problem? That is after-all primarily the reason why democracy fails.

[ama_gi]

@filc

For those that are defending democracy how do you deal with the economic calculation problem? That is after-all primarily the reason why democracy fails.

Since a direct democracy does require taxes, it does not reallocate scarce resources. So where does the “economic calculation problem” fit in to this?

[nirgrahamUK]

@ama gi

Since a direct democracy does require taxes, it does not reallocate scarce resources.

was there a type here somewhere? or something ?

[DanielMuffinburg]

@ama gi

@filc

For those that are defending democracy how do you deal with the economic calculation problem? That is after-all primarily the reason why democracy fails.

Since a direct democracy does require taxes, it does not reallocate scarce resources. So where does the “economic calculation problem” fit in to this?

I do not understand. Please explain further.

[ama_gi]

@Daniel Muffinburg

Can I be the sole member of a democracy?

If you want to call yourself that, then yeah. But if you infringe on my rights, it is the perogative of my democracy to bring you to justice.

Sheesh. All these trick questions are making my head hurt.

[ama_gi]

@Daniel Muffinburg

Since a direct democracy does require taxes, it does not reallocate scarce resources. So where does the “economic calculation problem” fit in to this?

My bad.

Since a direct democracy does NOT require taxes, it does not reallocate scarce resources. So where does the “economic calculation problem” fit in to this?