Think twice before founding that free-market utopia

Re:Think twice before founding that free-market utopia by dahfizz on Thursday June 23, 2022 @04:06PM (#31854501)

Does every single Democrat agree about every minute detail of policy? Expecting unanimous consensus is an unfair bar you only apply to positions you already know you don't like.

The same can be said about your arbitrary argument. Why are the fine schedules set to $X today instead of $X+1? Why do we get drivers licenses at 16 instead of 17? Do you oppose Obamacare because it has such an arbitrary income limit?

Everything about the specific implementation of laws is arbitrary. The important thing is that it is reasonable, and on solid moral ground. A libertarian government would scale the fines / punishment / taxes in accordance with how grevious the crime was.

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Re:Think twice before founding that free-market utopia by boomlinde on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:02PM (#31857099)

What is the basis for saying that the kind of pollution you describe is illegal in Libertopia, then? You say that it is, because of NAP. That's a simplistic answer which you now admit isn't necessarily true.

I am exactly not expecting unanimous consensus, which is why statements like "this kind of pollution is illegal in Libertopia [because of NAP]" seem dubious to me.

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Re:Think twice before founding that free-market utopia by dsr_ on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:24PM (#31856323)

A fictitious government is always better than a real government for the purposes of argument.

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