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Re:Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate P... by jokethrowaway on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:25AM (#27699346)
Without a government and with a system of competing law enforcements backed by armies who setup different laws, and a system of competing private court systems, we may get fairer treatment.

Perfect justice is impossible to achieve (someone will always be able to bribe someone else), but by spreading out the corruptible people and by putting them in competition on a market (where reputation matters), you will get a fairer system than the disgusting monopoly we have right now.

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Re:Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate P... by kcatskcolbdi on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:33AM (#27699411)
Why would we get fairer treatment instead of treatment that exclusively favors the people with the most money and weapons?
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Re:Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate P... by Goronmon on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:42AM (#27699493)
I thought a system that favors the people with the most money and weapons was the whole point of the libertarian idealogy?
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Re:Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate P... by tastyfreeze on Thursday July 01, 2021 @11:00AM (#27699690)
Lots of groups with their own armies is just asking for constant fighting. There is a reason that each state doesnt have its own standing army. The founders saw how such a system worked in Europe with countries using war frequently to take what they wanted.
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