From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 16:05:56 MDT
Technotranscendence wrote:
<about racism in a free market economy>
That's partly how they perpetuate themselves. And, granted, removing
government intervention -- whether through anarchism or minarchism --
will not undo all the damage here, though it will be a good start and,
at least, remove some impedients to solving some pressing social
problems.
### Sometimes substantial economic benefits can accrue to a group practicing
racism. After all, being able to put a group beyond the protection of the
law (be it informal tradition, common law or statutory law), allows you to
use both private and state (if they exist) means of violent repression, and
exploit the unfortunates in any way you physically can. Such situations can
persist for thousands of years, as evidenced by widespread slavery in
hunter-gatherer and early agrarian societies.
Both market processes and ethical growth of whole societies can be credited
with the abolition - but I don't think the mere absence of the state is an
important element in this transition.
Rafal
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