Jim, it is anything but the libertarian economy that leads to oligarchy. Those who start off with a lot wealth, (e.g. inherited), who will eventually lose it. You know the old saw about a fool and his omney being soon parted. Wherever you see these obscene accummulations of wealth, somewhere along the line, someone got cut a deal. See oil and the Rockefellers, the Kennedys and alcohol and aggressive moprgage foreclosures, etc.
--- In LibertarianExchange@yahoogroups.com, jwsmith42...@... wrote: > > Libertarian economic theory does not even try to prevent oligarchs. > But with out the force of government and guns oligarchs can not form or > survive. > It is your "rules" that allow the oligarchs to form and thrive. > > Oligarchs survive only by the use of force. When men are not forced into > what you want them to be, you will find that there would not be any > oligarchs. > > I am much more "progressive" than you could ever hope to be because I > believe that no man should be forced to be sub-servant to any other man and > any > man who would use force to make another man do his biding should forfeit > the right to life. > > No one has the "right" to the products of another man and it you want the > products I produce you will trade honestly with me. When you try to force me > to provide those products to anyone who wants them you will find that I > will no longer produce and those who you wished to be the beneficiaries of > my > production will starve to death or learn to produce the things themselves. > The "self correcting system" you want is called freedom and the "equalizing > force" you wish to see is honest work. When you empower the moochers in > anyway what you get is the "Oligarchs" you decry. > > Like the monks in France I believe that man was born with "FREE WILL" and > has the right to do or not to do as long as they do not try to force others > to do for them and unlike the "pope" I do not believe that he or any others > have the right to force me to produce for their benefit. I would forfeit > "life" before I would produce against my "FREE WILL" for the benefit of any > others unless it was because I wanted the others to trade with me. > > You and your "Progressive" friends wish to force me under the threat of > death to produce for the "looters" of others property and souls. I will no do > > it. > You and your "Progressive" friends are the cause of the "oligarchs" you > claim to despise because you will use the force of guns and the threat of > death to gain what you wish for yourself and the "LESS FORTUNATE". > > "Give me liberty or give me death" screw the "Less Fortunate". Make them > earn what they get. > > JOHN WAYNE SMITH > LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA - 2010 > 203 W. Magnolia Street, Leesburg, Florida 34748 > Phone 352 787 5550 E Mail _jwsmith42...@..._ > (mailto:jwsmith42...@...) > Web Site _http://www.JohnWayne4Gov.com_ (http://www.JohnWayne4Gov.com) > > > > > In a message dated 6/12/2010 7:34:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > bottomlinejim2...@... writes: > > How, exactly, does Libertarian economic theory prevent oligarchs? It seems > to me that without rules, those who start off at the top will have an > unfair advantage and will take over industry. > > I just think that sometimes, there must be an equalizing force for the > self directing and self correcting system to work. That's why we have > left-right, male-female, etc. >
