> Libertarians simply disagree about the ROLE of government - not whether it should exist. Libertarianism is a broad and not well-defined term. It incorporates various groups of people that believe in property rights,…
> If these guys decide to band together to exact some form of "justice" against the thieves, then isn't that a form of "government"? It depends on what kind of "justice" it is. Anarchist libertarians define government…
Libertarians and communists are probably the only ones on this list who have actually made any attempts to define "freedom" in a consistent and location-independent way?
"But without the government, people would immediately start killing each other, and the last person remaining would commit suicide. Heck, I would gladly kill you right now if no one would be watching." - that is your…
Let's separate "the way it is" from "the way it should be". I agree that the majority of the people controlling a territory get to set the rules they wish to set - that's "the way it is". A warlord gets to set the rules…
So, say, the first American settlers used to own their houses because of an agreement with the British government - right? Now, at the exact moment they wished to secede, and started the War of Independence, they…
The majority of whom? Do you think the majority of the world would vote that they need a visa to travel to, say, the US? Also, there's no need to protect me from anarchy, since the exact meaning of the word "anarchy" is…
When I'm not letting _your_ friends in _my_ house, this is OK, since my house is my property. When _my_ friends cannot visit me in _my_ house, however, because they are lacking a piece of paper called visa, the world is…
> Libertarians simply disagree about the ROLE of government - not whether it should exist. Libertarianism is a broad and not well-defined term. It incorporates various groups of people that believe in property rights,…
> If these guys decide to band together to exact some form of "justice" against the thieves, then isn't that a form of "government"? It depends on what kind of "justice" it is. Anarchist libertarians define government…
Libertarians and communists are probably the only ones on this list who have actually made any attempts to define "freedom" in a consistent and location-independent way?
"But without the government, people would immediately start killing each other, and the last person remaining would commit suicide. Heck, I would gladly kill you right now if no one would be watching." - that is your…
Let's separate "the way it is" from "the way it should be". I agree that the majority of the people controlling a territory get to set the rules they wish to set - that's "the way it is". A warlord gets to set the rules…
So, say, the first American settlers used to own their houses because of an agreement with the British government - right? Now, at the exact moment they wished to secede, and started the War of Independence, they…
The majority of whom? Do you think the majority of the world would vote that they need a visa to travel to, say, the US? Also, there's no need to protect me from anarchy, since the exact meaning of the word "anarchy" is…
When I'm not letting _your_ friends in _my_ house, this is OK, since my house is my property. When _my_ friends cannot visit me in _my_ house, however, because they are lacking a piece of paper called visa, the world is…