From: Terry Donaghe (tdonaghe@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 13 1998 - 17:30:08 MST
---"Joe E. Dees" <jdees0@students.uwf.edu> wrote:
>
> Date sent: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:01:42 +0000
> From: Emmanuel Charpentier <manu@cybercable.fr>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: The Education Function
> Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
>
> > Terry Donaghe wrote:
> > >
> > > I further posit that there are no services "inappropriate or
> > > impossible" for the private market to provide. Please list
examples.
> >
> > I think the difference capitalism/socialism is about
> > competition/cooperation. And there might be times when nationwide
> > cooperation is necessary. War time? Fight against disease? Talks
with
> > other groups of people?
> >
> > So, I go for a government that would primarily have two
> > responsibilities: defense and diplomacy. Or do you think enterprises
> > could manage that too???
> >
> > Manu.
> >
> What about as an instrument for preserving our environment (which
> the private sector has shamelessly trashed), a global problem not
> amenable to individual or corporate solutions, and guaranteeing
> basic human righrs for its citizens (which other citizens, and
> corporations, are, sadly, only too willing to abrogate, violate
and/or
> ignore)?
>
Corporations and individuals who pollute the environment are aided by
government regulations which do not require the polluter to pay full
reparation for damage to property. Our weak property laws allow
corporations to get away with all kinds of horrible things.
Corporations are fined for polluting, and the fine is usually much
less than the cost of cleaning it up which goes to either the property
owner or tax payers.
With government out of the way, people are free to ensure that their
own property is protected by subscribing to private security services.
Disputes are settled by 3rd party arbiters.
In general, corporations take advantage of loopholes provided by
government. Take away government and the loopholes go away.
==
Terry Donaghe: terry@donaghe.com
Individual, Anarcho-Capitalist, Environmentalist, Transhumanist, Mensan
My Homepage: <http://www.donaghe.com/terry.htm>
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