On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Many interesting thoughts have been expressed in this thread. > > On the topic of government's legitimacy as the sole proprietor of the use > of force, some of you might be interested in the point of view described > here: > > David Friedman: The Machinery of > Freedom<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YfgKOnYx5A> > > > I think there's more merit to this than many give credit. However, I also think there are real issues that are not dealt with, the tyranny of justice discussed by Daniel being one. The vigilante justice that Dale talked about is simply a subset of that. I think there's also a potentially serious issue of justice for the poor and disadvantaged which David Friedman never discusses in the video. As I've repeatedly said in this thread we need to head back in this direction more as a country. Let's give liberty a chance.
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