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Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom) by rtpg on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @08:54AM (#6320598)
>the people suffering may well demand the factory compensates them for the damage.

>knowing that it will be held liable, the factory will spend more money on researching

How will the people demand the compensation?

Will it be "through their wallets?" In that case, the factory will just be built in a poor area.

Your 'group of armed criminals' is what can enforce these rules. The only way the mechanisms to libertarianism can work is through the systems it rejects.

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Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom) by goshakkk on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @09:44AM (#6320871)
Well, no. A group of armed criminals is clearly not the only way to enforce that. For it's immoral to provide anything, including life/property protection, via use of force (taxation), and artificial monopoly isn't such a good thing, either.

Private protection is certainly possible and is definitely more moral than sovereign monopolist protection provided through means of aggression. See http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freed...

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