tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4116068737970342077..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Walter Block Email to a Leader of a Libertarian Organization on What Libertarianism is About Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11104609653799304412013-10-11T03:34:58.538-04:002013-10-11T03:34:58.538-04:00Hmm, well argued. I'd like to see professor Bl...Hmm, well argued. I'd like to see professor Block respond to this comment :-)<br />alan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52456833857570020572013-10-10T21:38:21.661-04:002013-10-10T21:38:21.661-04:00According to Prof. Block, Vladimir Putin is a hero...According to Prof. Block, Vladimir Putin is a hero because Putin gave sanctuary to Edward Snowden and opposed American intervention in Syria. Sure, Putin gave Snowden sanctuary to tick off Washington. That doesn't change the fact that Russia has it's own state surveillance operation or that his government harasses, jails, and even kills opposition journalists. His government has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15267736420626200312013-10-10T17:58:56.475-04:002013-10-10T17:58:56.475-04:00While I hate to take on Goliath and while I do agr...While I hate to take on Goliath and while I do agree with most of professor Block's email, I do not agree with all of it. Libertarianism is more than an answer to the question "in which cases is violence just?" Libertarianism is ethics; the question "which actions are right?" is a libertarian question whether or not violent actions are considered. There is no problem with alan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29593827263985758372013-10-10T17:42:54.496-04:002013-10-10T17:42:54.496-04:00I beg to disagree. Libertarians favor contract rig...I beg to disagree. Libertarians favor contract rights. If I start a company and specify in my contract with the stakeholders that in case of bankruptcy, the stakeholders have no claim to my personal property, then the courts should uphold this contract in case of bankruptcy.<br /><br />Of course, this is just financial liability against the stakeholders. It does not allow the leadership of alan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36831269100629464302013-10-10T17:38:52.483-04:002013-10-10T17:38:52.483-04:00In a libertarian society, a limited liability comp...In a libertarian society, a limited liability company is set up when the stakeholders are bound by contract not to dig into the employees' or founders' personal savings in case of bankruptcy.<br /><br />This "the public" you speak of exists no more than Mickey Mouse or Mr Wenzel's Drudge Formula. It does not exist in the real world; it exists in the world of ideas. What doesalan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6133382565337490682013-10-10T17:29:25.935-04:002013-10-10T17:29:25.935-04:00You cite the link as though your point is obvious ...You cite the link as though your point is obvious ... but it's not. Please explain.alan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16679839116693297942013-10-10T17:27:46.668-04:002013-10-10T17:27:46.668-04:00Jerry: define "pollution" without referr...Jerry: define "pollution" without referring to "public property" (which, by the way, is an artifact of government intervention). Either there is a violent invasion of private property rights or there is not. Who do you trust to make the best decision for that twelve-year old? The best decision is to be made by the kid himself or perhaps by the parents, but this best choice is alan.szepieniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908149633893799139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89877749951672201442013-10-10T10:21:11.554-04:002013-10-10T10:21:11.554-04:00Of course, marketplace discrimination is such a pr...Of course, marketplace discrimination is such a problem that hated and despised foreigners have no problem getting jobs and legislation must be enacted to discriminate against them and keep them from getting those jobs.<br /><br />And marketplace discrimination is such a problem that everyone buys goods made by hated and despised foreigners and legislation must be enacted to impose discriminationBob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45990522588173444132013-10-10T06:20:48.905-04:002013-10-10T06:20:48.905-04:00Everything you mention has been explained. Either ...Everything you mention has been explained. Either you have never read the explanation or you did not understand what you read.Micnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78468669171675505542013-10-10T02:35:44.247-04:002013-10-10T02:35:44.247-04:00"incorporating your business and limiting you..."incorporating your business and limiting your personal liability, then you are asking for a public subsidy. That means the public can tell you how to run your business."<br /><br />That's not actually how it works. (For starters, you should look up the word 'subsidy'.) Here's Rothbard: https://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp (scroll down to the paragraph that beginsOrlando Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78192753524116317522013-10-10T02:23:16.176-04:002013-10-10T02:23:16.176-04:00Those are primarily issues of poverty, and the fre...Those are primarily issues of poverty, and the free market is the most effective means humans can use to work ourselves into the wealth necessary to leave behind such things. <br /><br />There are "developing" nations who would be unable to make the transition to "developed" nations if they were prevented from allowing the children to contribute if necessary or were preventedOrlando Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85924976453469207032013-10-10T01:46:53.462-04:002013-10-10T01:46:53.462-04:00Uh. Ya. I would probably stop posting Walters emai...Uh. Ya. I would probably stop posting Walters email correspondence. Most know what he is trying to say but his style leaves much to be desired.The Persian Eaglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7572412438534040852013-10-09T23:28:22.610-04:002013-10-09T23:28:22.610-04:00I'm waiting for your treatise on the differenc...I'm waiting for your treatise on the difference between the debt and the deficit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29287790736367884292013-10-09T23:26:50.711-04:002013-10-09T23:26:50.711-04:00"Block did not kick ass. He displayed ignoran..."Block did not kick ass. He displayed ignorance."<br /><br />Better than stupidity, which you showed when you didn't know the difference between the debt and the deficit. Have you figured that out yet?<br /><br />JWolf is starting to step up his trolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89866603938805724372013-10-09T23:20:43.704-04:002013-10-09T23:20:43.704-04:00Well said. Open the southern border AND the northe...Well said. Open the southern border AND the northern border. In fact, eliminate all the borders. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35858697691219643692013-10-09T21:31:43.719-04:002013-10-09T21:31:43.719-04:00Prof. Block has explained that corporate status sh...Prof. Block has explained that corporate status should be contractual:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJT6WAw0NzY<br /><br />Prof. Block has been the victim of one of the country’s largest and most vicious hate groups, Marxist college professors:<br /><br />http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block136.html<br /><br />http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block138.html<br /><br />http:Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16745928804723680252013-10-09T21:08:50.646-04:002013-10-09T21:08:50.646-04:00He's never given me that exact age of the eart...He's never given me that exact age of the earth either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697676006025418290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33994698544676509722013-10-09T20:30:43.827-04:002013-10-09T20:30:43.827-04:00Yes, I'm sure that Block, as a Jewish man, has...Yes, I'm sure that Block, as a Jewish man, has never experienced discrimination and hence underpins his entire argument on said "fact".<br /><br />lol....as for your point about incorporation I will actually credit you for sound thinking in some respects, that being said though, government controls and ultimately requires that you form these corporations for a variety of reasons, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15941869823097896402013-10-09T20:28:37.189-04:002013-10-09T20:28:37.189-04:00i find it difficult to recommend mr. blocks' w...i find it difficult to recommend mr. blocks' writings and lecture to friends and family that are curious about my libertarian views. as much as i appreciate his blunt approach, i realize he can seem very abrasive to newcomers that are used more p.c.rhetoric. when i saw his lecture to high school students on youtube where he actually said women who participate in 'take back the night' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87134950401344071552013-10-09T20:27:21.560-04:002013-10-09T20:27:21.560-04:00"Block is a white male and is unlikely to be ..."Block is a white male and is unlikely to be the victim of discrimination. So he has no problem with discrimination."<br /><br />Only except that Block is Jewish, but I'm sure he's never encountered any anti-Semitism. Oh, I almost forgot to ask, have you figured out the difference between the debt and the deficit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24257236618464264352013-10-09T20:19:01.014-04:002013-10-09T20:19:01.014-04:00"For starters, if you are incorporating your ..."For starters, if you are incorporating your business and limiting your personal liability, then you are asking for a public subsidy."<br /><br />The idea of "incorporation" is a collectivist/government one, not a feature of a free-market society. Libertarians do not advocate government protection from personal liability.Harold in Marylandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86365768565992200072013-10-09T20:07:15.015-04:002013-10-09T20:07:15.015-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20904166563588047602013-10-09T20:05:58.446-04:002013-10-09T20:05:58.446-04:00Block is awesome. SFL is just another one of those...Block is awesome. SFL is just another one of those Beltarian Kochtopus offshoots. "If you don't think like us, get out of the 'libertarian club'." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76832362640089010892013-10-09T19:27:07.690-04:002013-10-09T19:27:07.690-04:00So pollution and exploitation of child labor are c...So pollution and exploitation of child labor are caused by government interference? A 12 year old working 12 hours for a dollar in a unsafe factory is caused by govt? There was no pollution until the govt started to fight pollution? Good luck explaining that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34930317494386191832013-10-09T19:24:48.966-04:002013-10-09T19:24:48.966-04:00What is there to take out of context? Hope the GO...What is there to take out of context? Hope the GOP nominee will use that line as part of his acceptance speech. Would love to hear the 2016 GOP nominee say "the ONLY problem with slavery is that it violated freedom of association."<br /><br />Is violation of freedom of association the ONLY problem with the immigration laws? They certainly violate freedom of association. Why not open Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com