Democracy: Structural defects

http://www.indiegogo.com/edgar-the-exploiter

1-in-10-million source: http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/10/rationality-and-voting/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• democracy
• voting
• irrational

[ministerabdallah]

Can you explain in detail how a "A stateless order / polycentric law / private law society." operates? Possibly a video, if you don't presently have one in your archives. Truth bless.

[bitbutter]

@ministerabdallah It's already been done in a few places: See the book "The Machinery of Freedom" (free online pdf) for one example.

[kbdkbd99]

@idlenessss very well put together video.

[idlenessss]

most people simply refuse to question the concept of democracy because of, quite frankly, their indoctrination at a young age. People also implicitly assume the the success of the US is evidence for the superiorty of democracy...even though they would probably understand that this is a logical falllacy if they bothered to think about it.

i'm happy to find people who are able to think more freely on the subject....in fact you have made some points on the subject that I did not even consider.

[ministerabdallah]

@KingLeon1daz Thanks, I will.

[KingLeon1daz]

@ministerabdallah Roderick Long, who is one of my favorite contemporary libertarians, has an excellent and insightful video lecture called "Anarchist Legal Order." You should definitely give it a try :)

[HexTest]

I think this video is spot on.

Any system of allocating resources that gives equal weight to people that are unequally affected by the outcome is undesirable.

For example, a survivalist who lives in the middle of nowhere and is unaffected by government actions shouldn't have the same say as someone who lives in an urban community.

The market does not suffer from this problem when goods and services are provided.

[HexTest]

@ministerabdallah - Google "But Wouldn't Warlords Take Over?" by Robert P. Murphy on the Mises Institute blog.

It's probably the best introduction on both the cost of war as well as why private entities have a stronger incentive to prevent it.

[HexTest]

@bitbutter - That book almost single-handedly convinced me that market anarchy could work operationally. His chapter on police, courts and law on the open market is one of the most elaborate descriptions of why anarchy need not be chaos.

David Friedman is working on a third edition, but for now I am telling as many people to read the PDF that's out right now.

[ministerabdallah]

@bitbutter Thank you. Truth bless.