On 1/11/2015 8:38 PM, John Clark wrote:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> That is where Private Protection Agencies come in. I am not so naive
as to
suggest that force would never be needed in Anarcho-Capitalism, I'm
just saying
that less of it would be needed than in any other system I know of. For
example,
for our present system to work force or the threat of force is ALWAYS
needed to
collect taxes.
> The problem is that a PPA is just a small army
Yes but unlike the US Army the PPA army is very small and it is not unique, it has
competition, if I don't like one I can join another PPA, but if I don't like the US Army
there is no other army I can get to protect me from them, all I can do is hope they
don't become too bad.
> by conquest it can be a big army
Weapons and soldiers are expensive, and I believe that generally the desire not to be
conquered is greater than the desire to conquer. If that conquering PPA was after me I
would pay one of its competitors as much money as it took to protect me from them. I
know you don't like me but I don't think even you would be willing to pay a PPA as much
as it took for them to get me, so the army protecting me is stronger than the army that
wants to kill me.
So where is this PPA going to get the money to fund all these big plans?
From investors who want to control the resources conquered by their army, c.f. Somali
Pirates, ISIL, Boko Haram,... And if your PPA conquers the right resources, e.g. oil,
they can sell it.
Brent
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