tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post3915991742871857282..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Libertarianism ends with a bangRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-43383552801696361112013-04-21T08:21:55.429-07:002013-04-21T08:21:55.429-07:00@Tony Mach: "everybody does what is good for ...@Tony Mach: "<i>everybody does what is good for us all, without commands from someone above</i>"<br /><br />That sounds like a wishful dream, not a practical system of government. Maybe you can get close in a tiny tribe of mostly-relatives (even then I'm suspicious), but when you have strangers interacting, that simply not how humans behave.<br /><br />I was assuming that "Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214642122689048677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-80404692410049487192013-04-21T00:40:51.867-07:002013-04-21T00:40:51.867-07:00@Don Geddis
I'm no fan of anarchy (more of a c...@Don Geddis<br />I'm no fan of anarchy (more of a card caring communist myself). Having said that: <br /><br />The theory of anarchy (pure or otherwise) is not about <i>"everybody do as they wish, fuck all others"</i> (which is a cartoon version promoted by both capitalists and communists alike), but instead more an enlightened grass-roots "everybody does what is good for us Tony Machhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14823430729798784689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-58052506596647794422013-04-20T23:14:34.490-07:002013-04-20T23:14:34.490-07:00Here's how a discussion with any libertarian w...Here's how a discussion with any libertarian would go:<br /><br />- Because of the explosion, the factories have learned better and will impose better checks next time, unless they want business to fail.<br /><br />- While the disregard for gov't regulations has killed 14 people, more died because of US gov't intervention somewhere in the world (US war theaters).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-90560653960302847192013-04-20T22:24:36.322-07:002013-04-20T22:24:36.322-07:00One of the problems of critiquing libertarianism i...One of the problems of critiquing libertarianism is that it comes in so many different flavors. But one thing that all libertarians seem to agree on in the sacrosanct nature of private property: what you do on your own land is your own business. Some "thoughtful" libertarians might agree about externalities, but I have yet to hear one give a cogent description of what they actually Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-52523459062454521572013-04-20T16:49:59.296-07:002013-04-20T16:49:59.296-07:00You're only criticizing an extreme form of lib...You're only criticizing an extreme form of libertarianism (which seems to come close to pure anarchy). The so-called "thoughtful" or "small-L" libertarians would of course agree with you about externalities.<br /><br />But much in society goes far, far beyond externalities. Much (most?) government regulation is paternalistic instead, forcing citizens to change actions &Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214642122689048677noreply@blogger.com