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16 Jan 2010, 12:51 am

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Because the principle applies to individuals as well, and now any state, and thus any legal agreement between states (like trade or treaties) is impossible. Any law that any state can pass is null, because people will simply opt out of that particular state as it suits them. What if Florida secedes, but 45% of Floridians would rather remain part of the Union? Do they then secede from Florida and petition for readmittance to the Union? And within the region that secedes from Florida, some want to stay with Florida, some want to break off to form their own separate government? Eventually you end up with every household as its own state, and then teenagers start seceding and declaring their bedrooms to be sovereign.


Don't we all want our property to belong to us, completely.
Who wants the State intruding in their lives but a pawn?

Property is ethically enforced by an intersubjective consensus. Humans need to work on this.

I see that you discredit secession because you think secession can only happen from day to night.
I'm not talking about flick your fingers and voila! No more State, what now? Of course, chaos!
This migration would have to take decades. Society would have to restructure itself.
It is happening now, humans evolve.
Secessionist movements still growing. People are losing hope in govt. Our technology is allowing us to to find more efficient solutions. Crime is decreasing, violence is too(unless it is State violence, war and law enforcement). We humans of today reason more than those of the last century.
You shouldn't be that pessimistic about humanity, neither should you think utopia is possible(statelessness and a free market is not utopia).

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And the many perfectly normal, rational Midwesterners who don't want to live in a theocracy? By the way, if you want to make Florida an antagonist to the Midwest, good luck finding bread to eat. The US is stronger together than as a couple dozen separate states. Europe would be stronger together than as a multitude of warring nations that still hold grudges from medieval times. We have little to gain by dividing ourselves, much more to gain by uniting.


I apologize, I kinda generalized when I made the example about the midwest and a great amount of its residents.

The US is "stronger"... To do what? To carry out wars, invade countries, overthrow govts, install puppet regimes... Yes, they are stronger that way.
I would like to see how does Washington get the money to make their wars without collecting money from all the state taxes.
War is funded through taxation. War is legitimized by fearful citizens.

Secession does imply hostility, why you make the notion of it, that can only mean you are paranoid and pessimistic.
It's like I am your friend and I do something that makes you break the friendship. Why would I have to hold a grudge against you for not wanting to be my friend, that is childish.

What do the US lose by secession?
MONEY! They lose income that helps them live like kings!


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I can just call it the social contract. Even libertarians believe it's legitimate to enforce a contract. Anyways, you can't escape extortion, even in anarchist pipe dreams. People will just extort you in different ways.


"Social contract"... And if I want to opt out of it because this govt is not using the money for good reasons? I'm anti-social, unpatriotic, a terrorist?
(That is not my main point. I go to the principles when I talk of taxation, how it is done, focus on that before you try to find an excuse for it. The same I could do to you, take your money at gun point and buy things that I myself think are good for you, that's extortion and so is the State's way).

Extortion can happen, yes, but institutionalized extortion, like taxation is, is even worse.
It is just like a mafia that "protects" you if you give them a cut, and if not, the boys visit you with some toys to play.

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Because there are benefits to living in a civilized society with government. Life in nature is nasty, brutish, and short. The claim that we would be better off without government is empirically false.


I don't oppose anybody having their government of choice, nor do I propose living in the wild like nomads(you exaggerated there).
Govts can be voluntary. Why do we have to use violence to solve our problems?
I would never force people to have my type of lifestyle, on the other hand, you would give money to a govt to use force and intimidation to promote your lifestyle.

The reason why today we have these non-voluntary violent govts is because most people have grown to know of no other alternatives.
Too bad the Internet is here to help them learn about new ways of thinking. If ideas seem reasonable for them, they will adopt them.

You can easily see a significant force growing. Talking about individual liberties, less State, END the FED people, more libertarians, anarchists, "revolution", ect.



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16 Jan 2010, 8:16 am

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Because the principle applies to individuals as well, and now any state, and thus any legal agreement between states (like trade or treaties) is impossible.


That's a bit extreme. Just as ratifying the Constitution requires a super-majority, secession would have to represent the will of the vast majority of citizens. Yes, some might have to leave the state if they are seriously opposed to the secession, but that would not be a bad thing.

After all, I might not mind living in the same county with you, but I don't want to be forced to live in the same house as you.

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I can just call it the social contract. Even libertarians believe it's legitimate to enforce a contract. Anyways, you can't escape extortion, even in anarchist pipe dreams. People will just extort you in different ways.


Correction. Libertarians believe it's legitimate to enforce fair and just contracts. Besides, the US Government has long ago set the rule that there is no "social contract" in America. The "social contract" mandates loyalty to the state in exchange for duties from the state owed to the citizen. Courts have ruled that the citizen is owed no duties from the state.

We may always have to deal with extortion, but it should never be tolerated...always resist.



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16 Jan 2010, 8:37 am

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Besides, the US Government has long ago set the rule that there is no "social contract" in America. The "social contract" mandates loyalty to the state in exchange for duties from the state owed to the citizen. Courts have ruled that the citizen is owed no duties from the state.

Except when they routinely draft you. And all that propaganda about helping the war effort.
Reality and laws do not always coincide, and reality always trumps legislation.
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This goes without saying of course!


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16 Jan 2010, 4:38 pm

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Who wants the State intruding in their lives but a pawn?

Well, I for one appreciate the interstate highway system, local utilities, law enforcement, fire department, public education (flawed as it is), public funding for scientific research which has immeasurable benefits in the long run, public health efforts, etc etc etc.

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Crime is decreasing, violence is too(unless it is State violence, war and law enforcement).

State violence is also on a sharp decline, and the more we cooperate with (and perhaps unite with) other countries, the less inter-national conflict there will be.

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You shouldn't be that pessimistic about humanity, neither should you think utopia is possible(statelessness and a free market is not utopia).

I'm pessimistic about humans, I'm somewhat more optimistic about the future. Of course I know utopia is impossible, that is why I accept the necessary evils of government involvement.

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The US is "stronger"... To do what? To carry out wars, invade countries, overthrow govts, install puppet regimes... Yes, they are stronger that way.

Stronger to provide a good standard of living to all its citizens. If, say, Florida and the Midwest were separate countries and used tariffs to gain revenue, Midwesterners wouldn't be able to afford as many oranges and Floridians wouldn't be able to afford as much bread (just a simple example). Also, many government roles may have an economy of scale, so we don't need to duplicate efforts in Ohio and Florida when one entity can take care of some things for both.

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Secession does imply hostility, why you make the notion of it, that can only mean you are paranoid and pessimistic.

Sure it does. It's quite unlikely that one part of a country would seceded without feeling antagonism and hostility to the other part.

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It's like I am your friend and I do something that makes you break the friendship. Why would I have to hold a grudge against you for not wanting to be my friend, that is childish.

Humans are childish.

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"Social contract"... And if I want to opt out of it because this govt is not using the money for good reasons? I'm anti-social, unpatriotic, a terrorist?

The only way to opt out of the social contract is to emigrate and renounce your citizenship. I wouldn't see any reason to attach any epithets to you for that choice.

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(That is not my main point. I go to the principles when I talk of taxation, how it is done, focus on that before you try to find an excuse for it. The same I could do to you, take your money at gun point and buy things that I myself think are good for you, that's extortion and so is the State's way).

The government holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. That is why they can show up to collect taxes but you can not mug me, even if you use the money taken from me for my own benefit.

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Extortion can happen, yes, but institutionalized extortion, like taxation is, is even worse.
It is just like a mafia that "protects" you if you give them a cut, and if not, the boys visit you with some toys to play.

I suggest that without a government acting as an arbiter, you would be extorted in far worse ways than you are currently.

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I don't oppose anybody having their government of choice, nor do I propose living in the wild like nomads(you exaggerated there).

I was actually just quoting Thomas Hobbes.

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Govts can be voluntary.

I would love to see someone try to work out the logistics that would require.

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I would never force people to have my type of lifestyle, on the other hand, you would give money to a govt to use force and intimidation to promote your lifestyle.

I have enough libertarian leanings that I don't force others to live as I live. But everyone has to recognize that they have a least a marginal responsibility for the benefits they gain by living in society.


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16 Jan 2010, 9:05 pm

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Well, I for one appreciate the interstate highway system, local utilities, law enforcement, fire department, public education (flawed as it is), public funding for scientific research which has immeasurable benefits in the long run, public health efforts, etc etc etc.

When I meant intrusion I meant victimless crimes. Property taxes. Economic regulations. Substance prohibitions.
Don't name a few agencies that run poorly and attempt to legitimize their function, they are still being funded with extorted money, I myself don't agree with that principle, you do.
Even if they ran better I would oppose their method of funding.


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State violence is also on a sharp decline, and the more we cooperate with (and perhaps unite with) other countries, the less inter-national conflict there will be.

State unity has only served to invade others.
I don't say we don't unite, we should, trade openly and freely, just not unite politically, militaristically.


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I'm pessimistic about humans, I'm somewhat more optimistic about the future. Of course I know utopia is impossible, that is why I accept the necessary evils of government involvement.

But wouldn't you advocate something where reason rules over brute force?
After all, you talk to people trying to make a better world for you and them, you are affecting the future. In what way you want to affect the future is up to you. If you want to advocate more of the same, you aren't making much of a change then.


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Stronger to provide a good standard of living to all its citizens. If, say, Florida and the Midwest were separate countries and used tariffs to gain revenue, Midwesterners wouldn't be able to afford as many oranges and Floridians wouldn't be able to afford as much bread (just a simple example). Also, many government roles may have an economy of scale, so we don't need to duplicate efforts in Ohio and Florida when one entity can take care of some things for both.

Your example of oranges and bread shows that you don't understand how prices are set.
Prices are not objective phenomena to be observed under a microscope.
Tariffs are a scam. Prices are to be decided in the marketplace by the bid and offer of the provider and the consumer, not in govt buildings with 40+ yr old men making laws, trying to profit in return of no production whatsoever.


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Sure it does. It's quite unlikely that one part of a country would seceded without feeling antagonism and hostility to the other part.

Ask yourself why people would not like secession and you wont agree with them.


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The only way to opt out of the social contract is to emigrate and renounce your citizenship. I wouldn't see any reason to attach any epithets to you for that choice.

At the moment that is what you can do, but people like me are trying to educate others so that more choices can be possible. You can't keep conforming for ever, don't you see they will take more advantage of you then?
The State keeps growing, politics keeps corrupting, because people are not on top of it, and they shouldn't, that is too much work. They should remove this cancer altogether, treating the symptoms have not worked.


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The government holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. That is why they can show up to collect taxes but you can not mug me, even if you use the money taken from me for my own benefit.

What legitimizes them?
The compliant majority.
Democracy, mob rule.
Not forgetting the fact that people are conditioned to support it. Public schools, MSM, the society around them... A kid is born unto this world and sees everyone doing it, he will emulate. But I personally see that emulation in this case causes more harm than good. We could be better and we are not going to be better until we stop legitimizing this backwards way of dealing with things(even if we don't see it while we are alive, we must try because this is how humanity evolves, through the presentation and adoption of ideas).


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I suggest that without a government acting as an arbiter, you would be extorted in far worse ways than you are currently.

You need to know how supply and demand works(you probably already know, but maybe you don't trust it).
When you own a business and you extort and scam people your clientele will decrease.
In a free market not only could extortion be stopped faster and more efficiently but it can allow for private courts to issue verdicts. The court with fair verdicts will form good reputation of itself, people will request their arbitration, voluntarily. (This is not going to make sense unless you stop thinking that humanity will always be the way it is today in this your era)


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I have enough libertarian leanings that I don't force others to live as I live. But everyone has to recognize that they have a least a marginal responsibility for the benefits they gain by living in society.

When I said that I was referring to the fact that you approve of the State when they perpetrate its legal extortion to fund itself.



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16 Jan 2010, 10:03 pm

What seems to be missing is the understanding that property as such is an arrangement of the state and without the state there is no guarantee of ownership of anything unless it is defended by violence. If you dislike the way the state handles ownership, try living in a continuously violent social situation.



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16 Jan 2010, 11:07 pm

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What seems to be missing is the understanding that property as such is an arrangement of the state and without the state there is no guarantee of ownership of anything unless it is defended by violence. If you dislike the way the state handles ownership, try living in a continuously violent social situation.


Not so. Property ownership is an inalienable right. The state exists to SECURE that right to the individual. The state has since made moves to say that it owns all and people only have tenant interests in land.



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16 Jan 2010, 11:50 pm

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Sand wrote:
What seems to be missing is the understanding that property as such is an arrangement of the state and without the state there is no guarantee of ownership of anything unless it is defended by violence. If you dislike the way the state handles ownership, try living in a continuously violent social situation.


Not so. Property ownership is an inalienable right.


Try practicing your inalienable right in say,.. somalia. You can even have a bunch of guns.

Think you'll succeed?


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17 Jan 2010, 12:34 am

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When I meant intrusion I meant victimless crimes. Property taxes. Economic regulations. Substance prohibitions.

Fair points, at least on the victimless crimes and substance prohibitions. You won't see me claiming that our government is perfect.

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Don't name a few agencies that run poorly and attempt to legitimize their function, they are still being funded with extorted money, I myself don't agree with that principle, you do.
Even if they ran better I would oppose their method of funding.

Would you prefer to not have functional roads? I'm rather fond of the aqueduct.

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State unity has only served to invade others.

Empirically false.

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I don't say we don't unite, we should, trade openly and freely, just not unite politically, militaristically.

Why do you assumed politically=militaristically? If anything, economic unity is more likely to bring military unity. Nations disregard their treaty obligations from time to time, but seldom do you see someone ditch an investment partner.

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But wouldn't you advocate something where reason rules over brute force?

Which is why I do not promote anarchism.

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Your example of oranges and bread shows that you don't understand how prices are set. Prices are not objective phenomena to be observed under a microscope.

It was a simplified example, as I noted when I made it. I assure you I have studied at least as much economics as you have, probably more, and I have a reasonable understanding of how prices are set. Larger markets increase efficiency, and markets are smaller when people are divided.

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Tariffs are a scam.

Sorry, I think I had you confused with someone else who was advocating replacing income tax with tariffs.

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politics keeps corrupting,

Somehow I don't think politics is any more corrupt than it was 100-150 years ago.

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When you own a business and you extort and scam people your clientele will decrease.

Only if you suck at PR.

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The court with fair verdicts will form good reputation of itself, people will request their arbitration, voluntarily.

Or, courts will get a reputation for tending to rule a certain way, both sides will recognize this and seek a court that is likely to rule in their favor, and you will not get both sides of a case to agree on a mutually acceptable court and the situation will be resolved with violence.

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(This is not going to make sense unless you stop thinking that humanity will always be the way it is today in this your era)

Then it doesn't make sense. Humanity has always been the same, will always be the same. We don't need any "New Communist Men." You can ask me to stop thinking that the sky is blue, or that acceleration is directly proportional to force and inversely proportional to mass, but that doesn't change the fact that it is true.

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When I said that I was referring to the fact that you approve of the State when they perpetrate its legal extortion to fund itself.

What other way do you want the state to fund itself? The alternatives to the state all suck.


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17 Jan 2010, 2:13 am

Orwell, with self governance(anarchism) and a free market economy, do you even agree on principle?



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17 Jan 2010, 2:15 am

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What seems to be missing is the understanding that property as such is an arrangement of the state and without the state there is no guarantee of ownership of anything unless it is defended by violence. If you dislike the way the state handles ownership, try living in a continuously violent social situation.


And how does the State defend property?
Isn't it with violence too?



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Orwell, with self governance(anarchism) and a free market economy, do you even agree on principle?

Do I agree with anarchism? Certainly not. I am, however, in favor of free market economics.


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Orwell, with self governance(anarchism) and a free market economy, do you even agree on principle?

Do I agree with anarchism? Certainly not. I am, however, in favor of free market economics.

(What "anarchism" really means should remain nondebatable at this time)
Anarchism was put in parentheses, self governance was the concept I asked you about, if you agreed with it on principle.

You are in favor of a free market economy... Then you agree that the State should stay completely out of it?
(Because that is what free market economics is all about).



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(What "anarchism" really means should remain nondebatable at this time)
Anarchism was put in parentheses, self governance was the concept I asked you about, if you agreed with it on principle.

I responded to "anarchism" because you were attempting a cheap backdoor redefinition. You'll have to clarify what you mean by "self governance" if you want to ask about that.

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You are in favor of a free market economy... Then you agree that the State should stay completely out of it?
(Because that is what free market economics is all about).

Ah, but that is not what free market economics is all about. The State is necessary to provide the framework in which capitalism can even exist. The State can not exist without taxes. Thus, the State must collect taxes, which at least according to your interpretation constitute interference in the market. The problem is that you are taking an extremely narrow definition of free market economics, to the point that no conceivable system matches your definition.


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ASPER wrote:
(What "anarchism" really means should remain nondebatable at this time)
Anarchism was put in parentheses, self governance was the concept I asked you about, if you agreed with it on principle.

I responded to "anarchism" because you were attempting a cheap backdoor redefinition. You'll have to clarify what you mean by "self governance" if you want to ask about that.

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You are in favor of a free market economy... Then you agree that the State should stay completely out of it?
(Because that is what free market economics is all about).

Ah, but that is not what free market economics is all about. The State is necessary to provide the framework in which capitalism can even exist. The State can not exist without taxes. Thus, the State must collect taxes, which at least according to your interpretation constitute interference in the market. The problem is that you are taking an extremely narrow definition of free market economics, to the point that no conceivable system matches your definition.



Self governance means no State doing anything to affect your life.
It means that we are so responsible and ethical that we have no need for a State.
Seeking solutions through reasoning and open debate rather than through politicians.
Do YOU agree with that, just in principle at least?



Free market means it lacks regulation, it is "free" because only supply and demand regulate it.
If it is regulated one bit, by an institution such as the State, then it is regulated, therefore not free.
What you might favor is a less regulated market, thus "Market Liberalism".
This is not an 100% free market, thus not a free market.
And if you still say that YOURS is a free market and mine is not, then what would you call mine?



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18 Jan 2010, 2:17 am

You might want to take a look before you respond:
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