>> I'm just saying, the reason businesses don't have their own defense >> forces is because they can call on police. That makes sense, doesn't >> it? If there's no organization chartered to protect a business from >> thieves, a business must provide for its own defense. That's why your >> company doesn't shoot it out with competitors. >> >> Chris >> >> > > Let's start with your false premise that "businesses don't have their own > defense forces". Have you never heard of the security/loss-prevention > departments that exist within most companies? > > You then committed a deductive fallacy by stating that a lack of protection > from thieves leads to shootouts between competitors. Why do you equate > competition with theft? > > Tradition and market forces drive business etiquette, not the threat of State > violence. > > ---Sasan
I do not equate competition with theft. That would be odd indeed. However, I've seen ruthlessness in business and consider it very likely that, if they thought it was cost effective, businesses would use force of arms against each other. The free market constantly revolutionizes not only the means of production, but also society at large, through changes in the conditions of life and opportunities available. Our system has discarded traditions more and faster than any other system in history. If there are two businesses making a product, and one destroys the other's offices with napalm, they control the market. How will "Tradition and market forces" counter this threat? Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
