Political Theory

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Wheylous — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:54:20 GMT

Very interesting. I'm very convinced that regime uncertainty is a large factor as to why private business doesn't do many of the thing government "must" do.

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

FlyingAxe — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:51:00 GMT

My Indian friend told me that in India, the government is so corrupt and people don't expect it ever to accomplish anything, so their attitude is: "screw it; I'll do it myself". So, people do things themselves, this guy being an extreme example.

Interestingly, in Russia, the attitude is between: "screw it, it will never got done" and "it will somehow get done by itself", so nothing ever gets done.

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Autolykos — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:11:02 GMT

Well at the very least, I'd say it shows how the government is absolutely not necessary for building roads.

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Sphairon — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:49:56 GMT

Nothing, really. I guess the story makes for a nice anecdote, but since it was posted in the "political theory" subforum, it was implied that there was some relevance for libertarian political theory that I find hard to decipher.

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Autolykos — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:11:20 GMT

Sphairon:
So your solution is people setting their lives on the back burner for 22 years to do what could have easily and quickly been accomplished by a more responsive and better-funded government?

I thought you were an anarchist, Sphairon. What happened?

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Wheylous — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:59:08 GMT

My god that is epic!

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

SkepticalMetal — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:13:38 GMT

@ boniek

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

gotlucky — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:48:23 GMT

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

boniek — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:55:48 GMT

SkepticalMetal:

But of course the good-hearted governments of the world would have done this! Right?

Government is THE PEOPLE so he did not do it. Government did.

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

SkepticalMetal — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:50:54 GMT

But of course the good-hearted governments of the world would have done this! Right?

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Wheylous — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:58:56 GMT

Not you :P

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

HabbaBabba — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:36:22 GMT

Aware. I had the Philip J Fry meme in my head..

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Wheylous — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:25:24 GMT

Joke -_-

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

HabbaBabba — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:14:58 GMT

If it could have been done better by a government... Why wasn't it?

Re: Who will build the roads? This guy.

Sphairon — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:08:49 GMT

So your solution is people setting their lives on the back burner for 22 years to do what could have easily and quickly been accomplished by a more responsive and better-funded government?