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Re: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the anarcho-capitalist society

No, but we do have to look to historical evidence for wild claims about imminent nucleur warfare or the like. It is * possible * that a maniac is waiting outside my house, right now, to blow me up. Unlikely, but possible. However, I don't spend my time worrying about it because there is no evidence...

Posted to Political Theory by fingolfin on Wed, Oct 8 2008

Re: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the anarcho-capitalist society

No country with a nuclear weapon has ever been invaded. The only 'countries' to ever use them have been those with massive governments inlcuding those supposedly 'civilised' (democratic!) ones, which just shows how completely brainwashed people are into thinking governments actually protect...

Posted to Political Theory by fingolfin on Tue, Oct 7 2008

Why government wants ignorance

By no means is finding someone to espouse the greatness of universal literacy a chore, especially among politicians. Yet for all of their pandering, these very politicians would never desire for people to be literate on one subject matter: government itself. If the public were ever clued into the innerworkings...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Fri, Apr 18 2008
Filed under: education, government, private roads, ignorance, american history, frederic bastiat, the law, parking laws, propaganda, public roads, butler shaffer

Re: Stopping dictators

I sort of find myself mostly agreeing with JonBostwick here after reading through this thread. Nothing can ever justify dropping a nuclear weapon no matter how dire the situation. I don't think people really understand the implications of what their saying when they defend things like that. I think...

Posted to Political Theory by fingolfin on Sat, Apr 5 2008