Date sent: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 05:42:30 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Donaghe <tdonaghe@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: The Education Function To: extropians@extropy.com Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> > No, take away governments and all regulations go away; then it's
> > open season on individual rights and our common ecosystem. Joe
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> In a libertarian, anarcho-capitalist society it is in the best
> interest of all to protect individual and corporate rights of
> self-ownership and property. In an environment that protects these
> rights, corporations are NOT free to coerce individuals as governments
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The gap between reality and ideality is a large one. The difference
between rational action and the way people and corporations
actually act is equally large. BTW, corporations coerce people now,
by means of their influence on government (eminent domain to steal
your property for a new factory, for example). I'm sure they would
only increase the level of such coercion, were they able to apply it
directly. Joe
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