On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:25 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/9/2015 4:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Money becomes coercive under statism, because it becomes illegal to use > alternative currencies, operate outside of the banking and taxation system > and so on. > > > Banks used to issue their own script and in principle anyone could do it. > http://www.fbi.gov/charlotte/press-releases/2011/defendant-convicted-of-minting-his-own-currency > The trouble with anarcho-capitalism is that there's nothing to prevent a > group from organizing, forming a "government", raising an army a conquering > people around them. > There is nothing in anarcho-capitalism that precludes the existence of self-defence forces. They would probably just be at least an order of magnitude cheaper, because anyone wishing to provide that service would face competition in the free market. > In fact that's exactly the arc of history. If you want anarchy you can > go to Syria or Somalia right now. > Democracy didn't work in Syria or Somalia either. Obviously the success of a system depends largely on the population, it's behaviours, culture and beliefs. Telmo. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
