On 11/18/2013 9:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
You seem to be arguing against a straw man here. I explained why the free market can't
fix the tragedy of the commons. You haven't answered my point.
And he's so concerned with anti-government straw men that he hasn't noticed that a
market requires government (including coercion) to define ownership and punish fraud.
Without government you couldn't own any more stuff than you could carry and defend by
force of arms.
I agree with Brent. Government can be the best thing a democracy can have, ... until
bandits get power and perverts the elections and the state power separations (and get
important control on the media, etc.).
But we should make clear that a government has nothing to say about your food,
medications, sports, religious or sexual practices, etc. As long as there are no
well-motivated complains, the state can't intervene.
So you think it's a bad idea for the government to require testing medications for
safety. You liked the old "patent medicine" system better? You don't like the
government requiring food labels with contents? How about airline safety requlations; why
not just let the customers decide based on reputation (that's what libertarians want)?
Brent
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