(Charts via George Washington University)
And to think in a Private Property Society, all the above would be replaced with this (Via WalterBlock):
The non-aggression axiom is the lynchpin of the philosophy of libertarianism. It states, simply, that it shall be legal for anyone to do anything he wants, provided only that he not initiate (or threaten) violence against the person or legitimately owned property of another. That is, in the free society, one has the right to manufacture, buy or sell any good or service at any mutually agreeable terms. Thus, there would be no victimless crime prohibitions, price controls, government regulation of the economy, etc.
Hate to break it to you but most of those regulations would still exist in Walter Block's fantasy land. You think the speed limit is some random number pulled out of the air by the overlords simply to obstruct your life? The drug laws are there for the same reason there is a speed limit on the highway. Maybe some time looking into legislative intent and you'll find that we'd have a ton of regulations in libertyville.
ReplyDeleteThen of course you have to get into all the laws the libertarian theocrats would want to enact to prepare the world for the second coming of zombie Jesus.
The person playing "Jerry Wolfgang" has changed. The tone of its posts are different; more snarky than in the past. I wonder if the previous actor got fired or quit?
DeleteShould read "The tone of its post IS different."
DeleteHate to break it to you but:
DeleteJW: Troll.
JW: "You think the speed limit is some random number pulled out of the air"
ReplyDeleteNo, Jerry, I think it is pulled out of the arsehole. Any speed limit is meaningless: what speed is safe cannot be the same for dry road versus wet, for a big truck vs a sports car, for a tired 70-years old driver vs an well-rested and experienced 30-years old, etc, etc, etc.
The drug laws and the speed limit on the highway are here for the same reason, that's true. And that reason is to permit overlords to fleece their subjects for transgressions of arbitrary rules.
Richie - it could be the same troll, just losing it. He stopped even trying to hide the logical fallacies, contradictions, and outright insanity of his views.
Please don't feed the troll. It is so retarded, ignorant and fateful that no facts can penetrate its' sub moron brain.
ReplyDeleteBingo Rick.
DeleteJust repeat after me:
JW: Troll. That's all that thing deserves.
I think Jerry has touched on a very common misunderstanding about a free society. If I own a road, I could put a speed limit on it or not. If I owned a bar, I could allow heroin or not. The choice and consequence is mine. Freedom is glorious. Jerry makes the mistake of thinking that it is a speed limit that makes the roads safe. Yet, the roads are not safe.
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