(I tried to send this on September 7 from my other account; didn't notice until now that it was rejected for that reason.)
Michael Giesbrecht wrote:
. . . I am engaged in arguments with people who are claiming that after the regional government threw in the towel and told everyone to fend for themselves, that what then transpired was a good indication of how markets respond in general. . . .
They said similar things about the Rodney King Riots of 1992: when the police fled, the resulting violence was "what we can expect in anarchy." Never mind that the police actively suppress any private institution that could take their place. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots ) -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
