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Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by ncmncm on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @05:55AM (#24058965)
Anything said about libertarianism is necessarily hypothetical, because it has never happened. If it ever did, it would instantly dissolve into something certain to be very unpleasant for almost everyone.
Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by TomMarius on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @10:53AM (#24061456)
It happened in the United States before the first world war, and continued for a few decades after that. Pretty long time to be called "immediately". While it was unpleasant from our current POV, it was way better than anything else at that time, and didn't end because it dissolved, but because the world wars needed funding.
Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by ncmncm on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:19PM (#24066671)
I see that you are not up on the Sherman Antitrust Act. Go ahead, I'll wait.

The 1890s demonstrated what a Libertarian regime would dissolve into, instantly: Absolute rule by the biggest dog. It has happened myriad times in human history, from all kinds of pre-conditions. We were lucky, 130 years ago, that the armed forces still believed in voting. Not sure they still do...

Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by ericmay on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:10AM (#24059421)
Hmm. Are you sure you understand libertarianism? I’m also unsure of your claim here about “libertarianism” dissolving into something unpleasant. Unpleasant in what way? Why would it “dissolve”?