Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto...
by da02 on Friday September 07, 2012 @07:22PM
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Good luck talking about this. A private law society is too radical for most people and few are willing to even skim a book on it. Most likely, they will mis-interpret the idea just most people mis-interpret libertarianism.
Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto...
by waterlesscloud on Friday September 07, 2012 @07:53PM
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Benevolent Dictator For Life is probably the most productive form. The problem lies with finding a truly benevolent dictator. When it's been done, it's worked wonders. But most fall pretty short.
Here's my notes from a related talk he gave on the subject:
http://library.mises.org/media/The%20Costs%20of%20War/World%...
"in europe, during monarchy taxes were 3-5%, during democracy 25%. during monarchy debt was paid down during peace time, democracies increase debt during war and peace. during monarchy, price level fell century after century, and in democracy price level has risen. in monarchy interest rates fell, in democracy interest rates have risen. in monarchy money supply grew modestly (6x in century), in democracy it's grown enormously (1000x in century). govt gdp expenditures are much higher under democracy than monarchy. very little redistribution of wealth under monarchy. very little interference. very few new laws. most wars are limited to territory under dispute often bc of inheritance/marriage."