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The Stateless Society - An Examination of Alternatives

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Uploaded by on Aug 22, 2007

The article that started it all...

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  • I still have too many question to accept this. How do you deal with a crazy, brutal murderer in a stateless society? And how would it be any different from one with a state?

  • Your skepticism makes total sense to me -- you might want to check out my free books on anarchy, available on my website... :)

  • This would never work, in fact it is a 100% recipe for a more oppressive and savage society. Your faith in the "free market" is completely religious and not based on any facts, in fact it is very dangerous.

  • I cede the definition of "religious" to the person who makes unsubstantiated assertions with neither truth nor understanding...

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  • who builds the roads?

  • Thank you Stef, Hope you are doing well too.

  • @eyejudgeeverything Don't worry, I've been convinced Stef is right a long time ago :)

  • @waksibra

    If you haven't found the info you're looking for, check out podcast #203 "Stateless Prisons" at the Freedomain radio website.Hope this is helpful.

  • What about protection?

  • @AbelianGroup Probably the best way to protect a free society from an invading state is trade. If your biggest trading parter is your neighbor, then they will lose everything by going to war with you, especially if it's something they need. Can they just take whatever they want from your free society? Good luck. Decentralized means of production and guerrilla warfare make infrastructure impossible to take entirely. The costs for such a conflict would be ruinous for them.

  • @AbelianGroup The neighboring state will have the hardest time first off: It won't have any military targets, but every single person it sees will have to be treated like an enemy soldier.

    For pragmatic reasons, I have to ask: Are you more concerned about Canada or Mexico invading us?

  • I have a question. Suppose that the people of a geographic area currently controlled by a state were to free themselves of the state and enact a free society. How would they protect themselves against a violent invasion from a neighboring state?

  • @Stefbot: I like your views, well thought out. You are very smart. I have your views on many subjects. I have my own theory of solving the current corruption of the USA. I will share it with you when it is finished ( bound in book form ). keep thinking !

  • @waksibra

    Private police, private courts, DRO's.

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