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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by snitko on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:32AM (#4492656)
Also, in my view, the problem with your argument is that your expectations of government (preventing exploitations) is rather different from reality (picking winners). Just because many people believe that government is supposed to do good, doesn't make it act this way.
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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by saraid216 on Saturday September 08, 2012 @03:13PM (#4493697)
I never said it was perfect.

I simply said it was harder.

A government has a much harder time being exploitative than a business does. To the extent that a government's personnel are involved in businesses, the government is corrupted and its resistance to exploitative desires will break down.

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