tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4483501253543199559..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: "Anomic Breakdown" and BeyondRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43802635723562098542012-02-22T12:54:15.567-05:002012-02-22T12:54:15.567-05:00It is called antinomianism, e.g "I not steali...It is called antinomianism, e.g "I not stealing, I'm merely fighting against the system."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10517041972190493732012-02-22T10:58:26.474-05:002012-02-22T10:58:26.474-05:00No doubt we would need a referee occasionally in a...No doubt we would need a referee occasionally in an anarchist society, though I believe there would be less litigation and more compromise in an anarchist society. The question still remains: who chooses the referee? Must you submit to an incompetent referee who attempts to force you or should you be able to choose your own?Josiahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86170492142767241452012-02-21T22:23:25.316-05:002012-02-21T22:23:25.316-05:00Here is a perfect Real World example of how proper...Here is a perfect Real World example of how property rights work without government:<br /><br />The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality<br /><br />... "What were these private protective agencies? They were not governments because they did not have a legal monopoly on keeping order. Instead, they included such organizations as land clubs, cattlemen's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23391499074977781032012-02-21T22:11:50.046-05:002012-02-21T22:11:50.046-05:00@Deft, maybe these links will help you to understa...@Deft, maybe these links will help you to understand?:<br /><br />..."The common law itself developed chiefly from market transactions and spontaneously emerging community standards, not from the state; the state merely absorbed and co-opted law as it has so many other functions of the market and civil exchange." ...<br /><br />http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory100.html<br /><br />&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39267438258898248932012-02-21T22:06:12.480-05:002012-02-21T22:06:12.480-05:00Deft - having the state to protect property rights...Deft - having the state to protect property rights is about as smart as having a fox to guard a henhouse.<br /><br />State is nothing more than organized crime - theft, armed robbery, mass murder, you name it - on a colossal scale. The size and might of the state overwhelms most people's ability to reason, but try to name a single meaningful difference between the state and a mafia. Aside averrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4965873249299915002012-02-21T21:25:36.685-05:002012-02-21T21:25:36.685-05:00Deft, in a an anarchy dispute resolution would be ...Deft, in a an anarchy dispute resolution would be an independant arbitrator. (and am not suggesting it would be wine and roses either) If you had a team in the NFL then your obigated to use NFL refs until you left the NFL to do whatever.(i know my NFL example falls over at a certain point) The difference is you can't escape the state as a monopoly provider of force in a given area.Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54570688678878484612012-02-21T19:34:00.850-05:002012-02-21T19:34:00.850-05:00This is a perfect time for secession movements wit...This is a perfect time for secession movements within Greece -- perhaps a return to their ancient citystate model? If I were in Greece, outside of Athens, i think I could easily be persuaded that MY best route back to prosperity would be to have my city or region secede from Greece and the EU and form a new country. Is anyone aware of active movements in Greece of this nature?Paulhttp://the-pffl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42876094931303767972012-02-21T18:43:35.394-05:002012-02-21T18:43:35.394-05:00Deft, the State has replaced Society- the amorphou...Deft, the State has replaced Society- the amorphous emergent property of a group of individuals who peacefully co-exist and seek to solve problems via diplomacy instead of force. When property rights are considered sacred, even threats from the outside are dealt with diplomatically at first, with violence as a last resort. Anarchy is simply a rather pejorative name for this.<br /><br />Glad you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73534298062712866552012-02-21T17:55:34.887-05:002012-02-21T17:55:34.887-05:00Anon@205pm-
Excellent article- I am shocked it is...Anon@205pm-<br /><br />Excellent article- I am shocked it is a NYTimes piece. I've always found the NYT magazine more open to libertarian thought than the broadsheet, but this is a wonderful piece of journalism. <br /><br />Greece may once again thrive, but it will have to drive out the Minotaur of the EU first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6209922948499326722012-02-21T17:31:29.411-05:002012-02-21T17:31:29.411-05:00I don't understand the anarchist point of view...I don't understand the anarchist point of view. Don't we need a state to protect property rights? Sometimes I think it's like a football game, and the Ref is picking up the ball, taking sides, really ruining the game. But does that mean we shouldn't have a referee? I don't know. I guess I just can't imagine it.Deftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54461597212733130562012-02-21T17:05:57.098-05:002012-02-21T17:05:57.098-05:00“The crisis gives us the opportunity to clean the ...“The crisis gives us the opportunity to clean the market..." Lots of Austrian undertones from the Greeks in this piece: http://t.co/QepoAuRSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28752497170294008612012-02-21T16:37:55.366-05:002012-02-21T16:37:55.366-05:00"Greece averted nightmare scenario - finance ..."Greece averted nightmare scenario - finance minister" 2/21/12 article by bbc<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17116021<br /><br />Collectivists, statists and elitists have once again saved Greece, the EU and possibly the world. Nothing can stop the genius of the rulers. The press assures us all is well. Continue paying your taxes and abide by our rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com