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socialize_me
Also, if roads were privatized, how in the world would commerce ever take place?? Could you imagine how big of a pain in the ass it'd be to get permission from everyone who owns roads to drive on them? And what happens if you don't get permission since there's no police force since force itself can only be brought about through government? So there's nothing stopping me from doing things against your permission on your property if I voluntarily decide to do it.
You anarchists or radical volunteerists are unbelievable.. even the Constitution provides for the Government to post roads.. it's scary to think even in your idealistic worlds. I like volunteering and think it's great, but to say a DUI isn't a crime because it should be left up to the owner of the road to determine actuary tables is beyond rationality.
I'll stick with the Constitution and the writings of the Founders who envisioned at least some government. You all are stuck in a utopia that will never exist and could never be sustained. Have you all taken a look at Somalia lately?? I just saw on the news where a 13 year old girl was stoned to death as 1,000+ people watched because she had been raped but due to Sharia and its laws, being raped is adultery and punishable by death. This is being enforced in a lawless society where government does not exist.
You honestly cannot believe for a second this volunteer society could sustain itself for beyond a day. There'd be warlords running around America before you could choose what you would have for breakfast in the morning. Absolutely unbelievable. It's amazing how this movement is trying to deviate from Economic Theories and go to Reality, which is what Austrian Economics suggests, but you all are assuming this voluntary theory to be practical. It's not. You're no better than the Keynesians trying to socialize your way out of a mess.
Well HERE we go again...
LOOK, how about you take some time to try educate yourself on these issues. You automatically dismiss them out of ignorance. Take off the blind folds.
Road Socialism - Walter Block (Lew Rockwell Podcast)
11: The Public Sector, II: Streets and Roads
From the book "For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto"
http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=87
Now go read / listen... all the refutations to your arguments are there.
"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all." – Frederic Bastiat
Don't be a socialist...
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