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Maiku, your war example is an example of anarchy, not statism. World anarchy, that is. Would truman have nuked los angeles or new york? No, because it would reduce make US citizens less productive, and state would become less wealthy and lose revenue. Again, im not denying that state policy can be interpreted as being violent like that of gangs, merely
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Wheylous and Maiku It can certainly be argued that state is non-aggressive, because it owns all the land in its area, hence doesnt violate the NAP. But even if you reject that, i can follow along and agree that yes state does do what you say. However it has the fundamental interest and incentive of keeping peace and welfare of its citizens to ensure
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John James, Oh ive read those resources alright. Ive even argued FOR somalia in the past. The point is, none of these resources truthfully support a rothbardian style nap/nonagressive production service model. As far as they are concerned, it is all racket style/minimal taxation by the gangs. Wheylous, there are numerous areas in Mexico, Brazil, even
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An-caps, STOP lying to yourself! All the examples of modern an cap, and all of them you reject out of elitism, naivity or delusion. when you see kowloon city, the violent drug gangs dont fit your idea of protection agencies. when you see somalia, the bandit groups dont suit your world of PDAs. when you see mexico, the cartel controlled free-for-all
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Look, dont fall into the misesian extremist trap. Stay reasonable, and open. Misesians blindly try to battle against all state activity, alienating debate partners and being a self testimonial of awkward implicit anti-sociality common within the movement. Embrace humanity and the virtues of the public sector, regulatory authorities and oversight policies
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Look OP, you are right, capitalism does have its problems. It does cause social injustice through wealth concentration. But we have regulations to battle with this. Progressive income taxation, high corporate taxes to ensure the big guy doesnt get more than his share, market oversight to ensure no exploitative behavior by enterprises. With these measures
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All this conspiracist argumentation is nonsense. The media isnt controlled by the state or special interests. The media are market entities - their revenue is entirely dependent on consumer enjoying it. It is only catering to the interests of the consumer that causes the media content to be what it is, nothing else. And yes, that includes low attention
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Art is right, it is an excellent policy measure, and a great way to ensure that the state gets a good penny from the rich for compensation of use of infrastructure, law system, etc. Simple tax system, reasonable rates, and the economy will prosper as state funding increases. I dont think that necessarily cutting the tax rates is necessary though - looking
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Neodoxy, i understand it full well. I merely propose its relevance to the real world is overrated compared to other factors like the natural resources available. And guess what, the resource based economies prove my point, leading the first world economy despite having joe-average economic policies
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Chyd3nius... banking system like every other country in the world. hardly a case agaainst considering resource availability as a more important than economic policy is. Look at even Russia, which has caught up and surpassed rest of ex-USSR countries' GDP despite much more backwards and corrupted economic policy and slower privatization, all thanks