Re: Objectivism and Anarchism

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[aaron0883]

War is never economical for the countries, and would not be economical for the DRO. War is only economically viable for the state because it gives them jusification to pillage more money from it's citizens and it gives them more people to pillage from.

[vegrin]

That is right. War is not economical in most cases. It would be in the DRO's interest to negotiate between themselves. And just that negotiation would make the different DRO recognize eachothers sovereignty in exploiting their local population. Not going to war is the problem in this case...

[loveisallneed]

I disagree. When resources become scarce and the losers become desperate, war is an answer. Also, people will war over any perceived differences, like gangs.  You are talking about irrational humans, not robots.

[vegrin]

Maybe... but my point is: War means the DRO becomes a government. No war means the DRO bacomes a government.

[MillionthUsername]

The "bad things will happen" argument is used by everyone for and against all political philosophies. States killed how many tens or hundreds of millions of people in the 20th century? You can't control anarchy and you can't control states. Anarchy fundamentally is decentralization, and that has always shown to be a more effective check on power. No guarantees in ANY system. There will always be criminals and power-trippers and danger lurking. Best to keep them as small and afraid as possible.

[lastvirginonearth]

Companies are usually hostile to other competing companies. This asshole actually thinks Bill Gates will share clients if he doesn't have to? Companies compete for us, not us for them. If you see where someones values are, see where they spend what they have earned. Capitalism forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dateofbirthdateof]

It is just as likely that it would be in a DROs interest to go to war with another DRO. They could crush the next community, rape the women and enslave the entire population for generations. That would be economical.

[OneAndOnlySnob]

Excellent. I've always thought that anarchy can't work simply because new States would simply form again. The government is there because we made it and maintain it (or at least try to). For anarchy to come about, there needs to be a fundamental change in human nature first, and that seems a long, long way off to me. Trying to force anarchy before people are ready would simply be a huge disaster.

[inmendham]

good one.

[DieselBodine]

When governments act like they are the owners of the people living within their jurisdiction, instead of being a servant of these people, it's time to invent a new form of government. Majority rule is wrong. When the majority believed in Slavery, guess what was legal... Slavery. I don't pretend to have a solution.