The concept of individual liberty, consistantly applied, would seem to have pluralistic implications. For it leaves room for anyone to act as they please within the context of voluntary interpersonal relations, and by its very nature a society consists of a plurality of different types of people with...
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on Mon, Jul 28 2008
Filed under: Monopoly, Subjective Value, Aesthetics, Collectivism, Free Association, Pluralism
Free association and competition resolves conflict while politics, especially democratic politics, enables and ultimately depends on conflict. All disagreements between people about how to organize can theoretically be resolved through free association, as they have the choice to either disassociate...
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on Wed, Apr 30 2008
Filed under: Competition, Decentralization, Centralization, Monopoly, Aesthetics, Democracy, Social Evolution, Consent, Free Association
In the discussion and debate that goes on among libertarians, it is disputed as to wether or not libertarians should vote and participate in party politics. Some see voting as the only practical option, some think that there should be a multi-pronged approach that includes voting, some are die-hard supporters...
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on Sat, Apr 5 2008
Filed under: Anarchism, Coercive Monopoly, Competition, Collusion, Monopoly, Checks and Balances, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Representation, Voting, Means and Ends, Agorism, Propaganda, Consent, Libertarianism
Checks and balances should be a fairly familiar concept to Americans. The standard definition of checks and balances is that the state must be broken up into multiple segments that function as checks against eachother's power and perform different functions, while these segments still remain within...
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Filed under: Competition, Collusion, Decentralization, Centralization, Monopoly, Checks and Balances