>mandatory voting

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 28, 2015, 07:20:57 PM

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More Than Mortal · March 28, 2015, 07:22:31 PM

Quote from: Arm The Mob on March 28, 2015, 07:20:57 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on March 28, 2015, 07:15:23 PM
But specific economies cannot function without a rule function.
I don't disagree. The question is who can write those rules, and how should they be applied.

The point being internal competition over those rules is not a good thing when those competing interests have authority.

It's all well and good to lobby the government whether you're a trade union or a business magnate, but not when you're writing them.

Forgewolf · March 28, 2015, 08:16:48 PM

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cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · March 28, 2015, 11:44:58 PM

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ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 28, 2015, 11:59:56 PM

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Forgewolf · March 29, 2015, 12:04:11 AM

Quote from: S\ash on March 28, 2015, 11:44:58 PM

It should be mandatory

Yeah! Just like Health Care! -_-

Mordo · March 29, 2015, 06:24:14 AM

Quote from: Kupo on March 28, 2015, 06:51:24 PM

Quote from: Arm The Mob on March 28, 2015, 04:56:51 PM
It's really not. You can privatize pretty much anything, and not only will it it run, it will run better than any centrally-run system.
Shit like this is why libertarians aren't taken seriously.

Well he's not entirely incorrect. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that a free market displays a hell of a lot more competence than governments do. Door just has a distorted view of what constitutes a free market.

Fiery Passion · March 29, 2015, 06:49:43 AM

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BrenMan 94 · March 29, 2015, 07:34:16 AM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on March 28, 2015, 06:18:47 PM

Try as it might, the market will not ever remove corruption without a monopolised arbiter.

Where does corruption exist where it isn't further exacerbated by government forces (backed by the state monopoly on violence)?

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Capitalism is not a principle, it's an expediency which is only incredibly valuable because of the prosperity it has managed to create.

I agree, but voluntaryism is the principle capitalism most closely follows.

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I don't care that governments are coercive, I only care when governments are too coercive, and the whole point of contemporary politics is drawing that line.

That line shouldn't be drawn in the first place.