From: Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Mon Dec 21 1998 - 02:21:03 MST
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick.Gray@bull.com <Dick.Gray@bull.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: 18 December 1998 19:21
Subject: Re: The Education Function
>
>
>Mike wrote:
>>YOU voted for the fat government programs YOU want. If you want them so
>bad
>>then YOU pay for it, dammit.
>
>Samael returned:
>>He voted for his PPA to take money from people living in his area. Why
>>didn't your PPA fight back?
>
>Because it's the same monopoly "PPA" that "serves" them both, of course.
>
>I don't get the point of your response, Samael. Why do you refer to a
>"government" as a PPA? A PPA is a voluntary association that arises due to
>market demand. It has little in common with an organization that claims a
>monopoly on the use of force in a certain territory, and prevents
>competition by force of arms.
Because many, many people believe that their government is acting reasonably
(at least some of the time). They are happy (ish) with their
representatives. While it is not a true PPA, it is acting as if it thinks
it is (governments frequently refer to themselves as servants of the
people). However, it's an organisation that's now claimed a monopoly on
it's area (although I've seen it claimed elsewhere here that PPA's would
have to have a monopoly on the area they cover) and is 'out of control'.
Strikes me as a likely situation in a libertarian society, and therefore
something you ought to be able to cope with. So why aren't you?
Samael
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:50:04 MST