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Wow, so many good things come thanks to the government. It makes a lot of sense.
Then again all this anarchy thing has good points as well.
Perhaps the best option then would be to have some anarcho-goverment system.
I'm the first AnGov you see boys, you are witnessing the history.
Then again all this anarchy thing has good points as well.
Perhaps the best option then would be to have some anarcho-goverment system.
I'm the first AnGov you see boys, you are witnessing the history.
Actually, it's not taxes in particular that I dislike. Taxes are merely an extension of thuggery and stupidity.
It's the people who argue for taxation that I have great disdain for. That is, thugs who depend upon them (politicians, cops, teachers, etc.) and stupid people who can't seem to break out of the shell of their economic ignorance and logical inconsistency.
Teachers here make good pretty good money, well for here. And most folks don't pay taxes in Mexico. Public school is supposedly free here but anyone that lives here will tell you it's not. Which is perhaps how it should be. Only the very poorest children get scholarships. The rest of the parents have to hustle to keep their kids in school. Then when they have scraped and saved for over a decade their child will graduate from college and become... unemployed. lol nevermind.
Though I do think that a little fucking accountability is good for any nation. Don't tax me because some people are too lazy to take care of their kids, their elderly parents, their drug problem or to support drug criminals in jail, thanx.
Unrelated (related?) in Mexico you can incur criminal charges for failing to care for/financially support your elderly parents. Nice.
All those things he mentions would be handled by the private markets. The only reason the .gov built our hwy system was so they could transport the millitary and all of their weapons around the country. They did not do it so you could drive to work. It was for war thats it.
We can put our own stop lights up.
Thousands of towns around the country are already protected by private volunteer citizens.
The national parks would be natural. There is a reason people dont build in most of them. The people can decide what should be done with the land that was stolen from the natives.
We dont need a gang of thugs dressed up in costumes to put us in a cage.
We dont need a man that likes to dress up in a robe to tell us if we are doing right or wrong.
We dont need a militatry to protect our waters. A free country should have free and open boarders; boarders where people can come and go as they please. Terrorism wont happen because the .gov wouldnt be going around the world killing innocent people. Other country's just might like us.
No mr proffesor man we dont need taxes. It is possible to live in a society where people do things based on consent. The current system has zero consent involved. Just try not ot pay your taxes. A man in a robe will tell the gang of men in costumes to come and take you by force and throw you in a cage.
We can put our own stop lights up.
Thousands of towns around the country are already protected by private volunteer citizens.
The national parks would be natural. There is a reason people dont build in most of them. The people can decide what should be done with the land that was stolen from the natives.
We dont need a gang of thugs dressed up in costumes to put us in a cage.
We dont need a man that likes to dress up in a robe to tell us if we are doing right or wrong.
We dont need a militatry to protect our waters. A free country should have free and open boarders; boarders where people can come and go as they please. Terrorism wont happen because the .gov wouldnt be going around the world killing innocent people. Other country's just might like us.
No mr proffesor man we dont need taxes. It is possible to live in a society where people do things based on consent. The current system has zero consent involved. Just try not ot pay your taxes. A man in a robe will tell the gang of men in costumes to come and take you by force and throw you in a cage.
"We can put our own stop lights up."
From a practical perspective, it's kind of difficult to get people off their collective asses to participate in something benefiting "everyone" unless there is a clear-cut benefit for the individual you are asking to get off their ass.
I don't make it a life-focus, but I have no problem proportionally donating my time, energy and resources for goals that will improve my community as a whole. Not trying to save the world, just making it a better place as best I can.
Pretty easy to bitch about it. What are you doing to make it better?
From a practical perspective, it's kind of difficult to get people off their collective asses to participate in something benefiting "everyone" unless there is a clear-cut benefit for the individual you are asking to get off their ass.
I don't make it a life-focus, but I have no problem proportionally donating my time, energy and resources for goals that will improve my community as a whole. Not trying to save the world, just making it a better place as best I can.
Pretty easy to bitch about it. What are you doing to make it better?
There is research that has been conducted that traffic lights are not necessary for safe and efficient traffic movement.
Indeed, much of the western world uses roundabouts instead of 4 way stops to handle interchanges.
My first leanings towards anarcho-capitalism came around from traffic lights lol. It may sound silly, but I grew up in a very leftist enviroment which continued into university. One day, there was a blackout in the city which meant no traffic lights. There was sort of a mild panic among students, who like I were indoctrinated into the great good of the government, but when we went outside to a major road the result was actually the opposite. Traffic was flowing smoothly and drivers were considerate and smart about it. No problems at all without traffic lights. That was actually one of my first 'eureka' moments where reality simply defyied what we had been told. After that I began looking critically at other 'truisms' about statism and the result is history.
I have two roundabouts right near my house that I go through every day. I like them better than traffic lights, but drivers find a way to fuck them up too. Seems like the yield sign is just too confusing for some people to fully understand because it means two things, rather that just stop or go.
Thank goodness there are traffic lights inside my local Starbucks. Otherwise, me and the other knuckleheads wouldn't know how to get in line to buy coffee in a peaceful manner.
Without those lights, it would be utter pandemonium.
It would be... anarchy (shudder).
If you've ever seen the traffic in Pnom Penh, Cambodja, you might reconsider. However, these people did just recently escape a socialist peasent paradise under Pol Pot and we all know Pol Pot weren't to keen on though smart people.
In truth, traffic lights aren't necessarily bad. I am certain they can be useful in certain situations. But rather than allow states to own roads, a situation that allows costs to be socialized and encourages blanket solutions (sometimes, to nonexistent problems), the roads should be privately owned.
Owners can operate their roads in any way they see fit. Some might install traffic lights while others may choose not to, depending on terrain, desired traffic flow, presence of businesses, schools (private, of course), etc. Owners can charge fees to use their roads, so that only those who use them pay for their usage. In such a situation, owners might be compelled to prioritize and market certain features, such as their roads' efficiency, the availability of more/better restaurants, or more/better sidewalk hookers.
And perhaps, as Walter Block argues here,* the roads might become a lot safer.
* Good book.