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When considering capitalist and communist ideology which seem to be either end of the political and economics spectrum and trying to assess which one is "better", i dont think people really consider the important issue of population. In an area of land where there is very few people (im thinking...
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Their subsidization of solar panel production is, believe it or not, has little or no impact on the pace of solar energy research and development. If they subsidized the production of cell phones, new faster, smaller, more reliable cell phones would still be coming out every year. The only difference...
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How do you address the fact that most property that has been acquired in the US, and elsewhere in the World, was at one time appropriated through force and fraud. I'm referring to cases where there is no clear legal title. For example Ignoc the cave man has a plot of land. He has his plot taken from...
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Hi I'm looking for a Generalised FAQ from the Libertarian viewpoint. Where the commonly asked questions (eg; Doesn't Tax help the people? Don't we need Government, But I thought without Government there wouldn't be [law, education, hospitals, police, military etc.]? But Democracy works...
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1) I don't care to share an opinion on IP. 2) I enjoyed looking through all the responses to this as I have been thinking about it myself. First, limited liability, which is at the heart of the corporate structure, is an indirect subsidy in that it subsidizes risk. Thus by having this, our current...
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Edit: I see all my points have been already stated in more or less the same words by the Anonymous Coward. :$ Failure to read the whole thread before posting -- loose one skill point. Okay, I think I see the problem everyone has with this; there's some inherent contradiction that need to be resolved...
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In the past three years I have seen three related phenomenons with regards to wi-fi: An increasing number of businesses are offering free wi-fi to attract customers. An increasing number of private citizens are trying to prevent access to their wi-fi by outsiders. Wi-fi detection devices are becoming...
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An attack upon Lockean right to absentee ownership. No. It is not mine, though I do think it is challenging. As for the original question about second homes, I think the basis of any property system must rest simply upon the right of human beings to engage in ongoing projects with material things. This...
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[quote user="Stratego"]Is ownership an inherent relationship between owner and owned, or does it require a social construct? [/quote] If by relationship you mean interpersonal relationship, and by social construct you mean the contratual agreement of a group of people, then no and no. Ownership...
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There is a large case against the Fed, it's excess credit creation has led to bubbles, they burst, which lead us to painful times. My question is this the same case for Britain and the Bank of England? Our property bubble has been massive and has started to pop, I'm not actually sure if it's...