Society without taxation requested by sythe

[miyamiya]

And frankly, you are not helping. It's fine to sit on the sidelines, but you are actively aiding criminals in your intellectual endeavors here.

You leave me speechless, and truly; utterly defeated.

I could only hope someday, someone influential would notice your genius.

 

You leave me speechless, and truly; utterly defeated.

I could only hope someday, someone influential would notice your genius.

If you want to be snarky you can leave.

I think you well know that the intellectuals of any age set the public mind-set and mood for the conquest of the politically minded. Such was true in every major tyranny anywhere in the world.

You are of this same collection of individuals, so arguably your contribution is of the same nature.

You and I have a moral responsibility to consider our positions carefully and not spew forth garbage into the public arena -- garbage that may well get people killed.

 

[xrooneygoalx]

No longer the case. The miracle of the free-market (what's left of it) brings you automatic monitoring of video cameras:
http://www.vitamindinc.com/

It will not be long before suspicious behaviour (such as grouping or fleeing of people) can be headed off before violence precipitates.

I see. Perhaps this is a bit off topic; however, do you not feel that this degree of intrusion can be construed as violating ones right to privacy? Surely it is practical in crime prevention. Yet, the potential and likelihood for abuse is immense.

 

I see. Perhaps this is a bit off topic; however, do you not feel that this degree of intrusion can be construed as violating ones right to privacy? Surely it is practical in crime prevention. Yet, the potential and likelihood for abuse is immense.

I'm not sure that such a right can really exist.

But I would go so far as to say, if its on private property, you are there under some conditions of entry in the first place, and those conditions may be virtually anything, so long as they do not cause unreasonable harm of injury to unsuspecting visitors.

As to whether or not filming in the commons is some invasion of privacy, again I am unsure. It seems unpleasant, but I don't see any reason it should be disallowed. As with newspapers, your "freedom of speech" is really just your freedom to print whatever text you please on your property -- the paper itself. Likewise, your freedom to record events on any form of media is just your property right in that media.

One might argue that you have no privacy that you don't create by your own hand, since, simply being in a public place, by its nature, is to sacrifice your privacy.

 

[b0b3rt]

A privatized security and fire-fighting force might work if people are willing to accept the consequences of failure, whatever society might decide on. Seeing as how there are really no consequences for the government now, it probably wouldn't be too difficult to make the system work.

Arguments about monopolies are pointless - a monopoly cannot exist in the free market, because in the free market the barrier of entry for almost all goods and services is significantly lower than it is with government economic regulations. The only exception to this is where businesses literally cannot overlap due to physical requirements - such as utilities. Though, to be honest, necessities of life are not a significant issue in terms of monopolization. 100 years ago, people managed to support themselves in the middle of nowhere with nobody else around to sell them things. You can grow your own food, make your own clothes, dig your own well, and today I suppose you could conceivably make your own electricity in some quantity.

On a (slight) side-note: gun control almost certainly raises the violent crime rate.
http://guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html

 

[wombakage]

Honestly ownership is just a pointless subject to debate, because it is a ridiculous subject. Property is as well, do you want to own your country as well because you live in it? What about your footprints?

 

[b0b3rt]

Uh... what?
You own your property and your own body, as well as responsibility for what you do (and to a certain extent, what your children do as well).

You also own a representative portion of the government (even though that's not how it actually works in America, but for all intents and purposes it's a trivial distinction and not for this topic).

 

Honestly ownership is just a pointless subject to debate, because it is a ridiculous subject. Property is as well, do you want to own your country as well because you live in it? What about your footprints?

Well we can see you've given the matter much thought.

Generally when you don't know, you defer to others who do.

In your case, not only do you not know, you don't even know what theories those who do know have presented.

And your double prejudice is now happily explained by your double ignorance.