‘Voluntary Society’ Archives
The Economist’s Anarchic Mistake
I am a little behind on my subscription to The Economist magazine, but today I was reading the January 23rd-29th 2010 edition titled "Stop! The backlash against big government." In their lead editorial they state: "A further danger consists in equating "smaller" with "better" . As the horrors in Haiti demonstrate, countries need a state of a [...]
If You Don’t Like It, Move…
The common argument giving to thouse who support a free society, or anarcho-capitalism, is "If you don't like it move..." Or they may offer you a plane ticket because you want to reform the system completely and not just from the inside. The pro-free market (not anarcho-capitalist) Milton Friedman has an interesting quote on this that I saw over [...]
Relying on Self-Interest
When discussing a free society most people believe that government is necessary for the big three public goods: Defense, Courts, and Police. Most people do not trust competing, self-interested, profit-making companies to protect them. But what they do not realize is that people rely on companies that have exactly those traits daily. For [...]
Of Course Society Will Continue If We Have Anarchy
While watching Glenn Beck the other night I noticed something that needs to be addressed. When people hear of services being cut by government, most people assume that the service will disappear completely. While this could happen, one must also remember that if the service is demanded, there will always be someone to supply it. When people [...]
