Free State Project: too ambitious?

Scenario 1 - the market scenario: You get to choose the DRO you find to be the least expensive and the most efficient and service-oriented

or if your really pissed off - most brutal in response? EEEEK who are the DRO held Accountable to?

And we're seeing that in what context, again? 

In times like these maybe it;s better the devil you know that is consistent & has some semblance of accountability

In the AnCap utopia Who has power over the DRO - what stops it simply becomming a mercenary private army that sells itself to the highest bidder?

MacFall, please explain DRO, not for me, but for the people who don't have the benefit of the exposure to jargon and minutiae.

DRO = Dispute Resolution Organization.

GWilly:

or if your really pissed off - most brutal in response?

Once again, the absurd idea that everyone is out to get everyone else (except for you, of course).

EEEEK who are the DRO held Accountable to?

First, to you. If you don't like them, you can fire them.

Second, to other DROs, who likewise must compete on the basis of efficiency, price, quality of service, and good reputation. None of which they will ever achive if they are bandit organizations.

Third, to third-party arbitors and watchdog groups.

Finally, to a well-armed general populace who does not want to be expropriated and abused by rogue DROs.

In the AnCap utopia Who has power over the DRO

Essentially, a private DRO is accountable to everyone. A government is accountable to nobody, because they, by definition, have a monopoly on force and final decision-making power.

what stops it simply becomming a mercenary private army that sells itself to the highest bidder?

See above.

And I should ask a similar question about the state - what stops it simply becoming a gang of thugs with the exclusive right to rob and murder?

The answer is: nothing. Because that is what a state is, in fact - an organization with a monopoly on crime, and a good PR department.