On 02/01/2017 12:19 AM, James A. Donald wrote:
> On 2/1/2017 5:03 AM, juan wrote:
>>     So it clearly follows that the correct libertarian position on
>>     travel is *open* *government* borders. And so any sort of
>>     support for government restrictions on travel across government
>>     borders is not libertarian.
> 
> And if Islamic State drives five hundred technicals, one hundred armored
> personnel carriers, and one hundred tanks across the border?
> 
> In general, what do libertarians do when the other guys organize
> collective violence on the basis of race, religion, or ideology?
> 
> It is not just actual states, like Islamic state.  Any cohesive religion
> or ethnicity can and frequently does do stuff that is somewhat like what
> a state can do.  As for example recent drastic reversals of
> gentrification by black people collectively engaged in activities that
> are rather close to ethnic cleansing of whites.
> 
> Conversely, any functional state is held together by a ruling tribe,
> ethnicity, religion, or ideology, and if the ruling tribe loses
> cohesion, or people lose faith in the ruling ideology or religion, the
> state is apt to fall apart.
> 
> Orthodox Jews have enclaves in places where most nonblacks would find it
> difficult because they can engage in collective defense against blacks
> without being deemed nazis and fascists.
> 
> Cohesive groups can predate on incohesive categories and frequently do.
> If you find a cohesive group is predating on you, what are you going to do?
> 
> 
> 
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