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Ignoring the "at large," both questions have the same answer. In a free society, individuals will, either by themselves or by hiring others, protect their property. If someone tries to convince them that their property isn't , then they will respond the same way. Unless they don't want to. Individuals will be free to voluntarily join
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Even if Mr. Moore's intentions were "clean," his willingness to donate money to another person for whatever reason does not give him the slightest bit of authority to take mine, or anyone else's. To: Anarchy=Chaos. "Yeah, because the only thing stopping me from shooting you in the face and taking your wallet is fear of punishment
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[quote]rather than being limited to a single option not of your choosing[/quote] A single option that reserves the right to violate your property as it chooses, no less!
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Valject said: [quote]His own argument says it doesn't matter who has the money; so why give it to person B in the first place? He's ignoring that B has a gain for no effort and A, for all efforts, has a loss.[/quote] And he's also conveniently ignoring the existence of the man, C, who has the gun and is going to take the money from A to
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I find myself listening to these guys a lot when I'm feeling particularly anti-tyrannical.
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After reading this, I used science to materialize all of my material wants. This is great--almost as great as sliced bread! Robot-made bread that is also sliced by another robot. Solid Gold Robots!
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" the top 2% of the country could fund food &shelters, and education courses, and never even feel the pinch ." You realize, of course, that here in the U.S. the "top 2%" has had a significant fraction of what they made taken from them on the way up, right? We have nonzero income, corporate, and capital gains taxes already. So
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No, because they could do more productive things than bale straw, and weave flaxen hose. The image would make more sense if it had been, say, some king or noble. But you're welcome to try again. And couldn't you at least put in the effort to make a comic-style word bubble? I mean, for someone who's complaining about automation taking away
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"If everyone demands it nice and loud and proud....it won't be radical...it will be the norm. The politicians who don't dish out freedom will be the radicals." Yeah, but if just you and me demand it, we get marginalized as crazies. Not that I don't demand it frequently. Heck, I got a letter back from my state representative, responding