Re: Libertarian theory breaking down

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 07:32:12 MST

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    On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 05:24, Amara Graps wrote:
    > Hal:
    > >There is a distinction between libertarians and anarchists. Most
    > >libertarians believe that government should exist and take on certain
    > >limited, well-defined functions.
    >
    > I'm a little surprised to hear this 'distinction' as I thought
    > that some non-trivial percentage of libertarians subscribed to
    > anarchocapitalist ideas (as I do). For example, David Friedman
    > distinguished himself from his father (Milton) occasionally, his
    > father subscribing to a minimal government position and his son
    > not subscribing to that position, both men are libertarians,
    > however. Like other anarchocapitalists, I find no find no
    > conflict being both an anarchist and a libertarian.
    >
    ### Reading the "Machinery of freedom" it seems to me that David
    Friedman wasn't able to come up with a plausible anarchist solution to
    the problem of defense against organized external aggression, and he
    admits it.

    Rafal



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