Re: The Property Protocol

Ian Goddard (igoddard@erols.com)
Sun, 10 Nov 1996 15:52:11 -0500


At 10:40 AM 11/10/96 -0800, John K Clark wrote:

>On Sat, 9 Nov 1996 Suresh Naidu <snaidu@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Wrote:
>
> >> John:
> >>Anarchy means no government,
>
> >Suresh:
> >No, anarchy means no authority.
>
>
>Well then, despite what I have always thought I am not an Anarchist, I don't
>see how any sane man could be. I certainly believe in authority, I think my
>bank has the authority to stop you from spending my money and I think my PPA
>should have the authority to stop you from killing me. My doctor may have the
>authority to cut me open with a knife, but you have no such authority.

IAN: I'd have to say that anarchy cannot
mean "no govt" or "no authority." If so
then the only place there is anarchy are
uninhabited places.

I'd say that anarchy is maximized where
self-govt and self-authority is maximized.

I don't see that corporations reduce my
self-govt, in fact, by producing useful
products, they maximize my self-govt,
and through mass production, seek to
maximize the self-govt of the masses.

I believe that for the most part, govts
reduce my self-govt by removing my rights
to earn a living, buy, sell and behave as
I choose, where such does not prevent by
coercion others from doing the same.

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