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hog88 said:
All you and anarchy supporters have done is babble. You have yet to shoot down any opposing points or show 1 example of an anarchy system working in history.
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What do you mean? You explicitly said the free market would not deliver mail and I pointed out that they are banned from delivering mail because the USPS doesn't want competition. If that's not shooting down an opposing viewpoint, then what is?

There are no satisfactory examples of anarchy in history, but that' a useless point. There weren't any satisfactory examples of democracy until there were.
 
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n_huffhines said:
What do you mean? You explicitly said the free market would not deliver mail and I pointed out that they are banned from delivering mail because the USPS doesn't want competition. If that's not shooting down an opposing viewpoint, then what is?

There are no satisfactory examples of anarchy in history, but that' a useless point. There weren't any satisfactory examples of democracy until there were.
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They are not banned from delivering mail. You can drop a letter in a Fedex envelope, box, container ext. and ship it anywhere they will deliver. They just can't put it in your mailbox.

Correct there are no satisfactory examples because it's an untenable system for prosperity.
 
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volinbham said:
personal freedom? Tough call because freedom to do something doesn't mean freedom from consequences of the action.

In the end, in all explanations of anarchy I've heard you aren't free of consequences; it's just that some individual or group may be the inflicter of punishment rather than some formal government.

So, technically I'm free now to do whatever I want but the laws may mean I face consequences.

In AnCap, it will be Huff's private security firm that smacks me down and in the OPs' it will be a bunch of smelly hippies
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hog88 said:
They are not banned from delivering mail. You can drop a letter in a Fedex envelope, box, container ext. and ship it anywhere they will deliver. They just can't put it in your mailbox.

Correct there are no satisfactory examples because it's an untenable system for prosperity.
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But there is a price floor for the service. IIRC, they can't charge below $1.47 or something like that. I can't remember exactly, but effectively it's a ban on competing with the USPS $0.49 stamps, or whatever it is now.
 
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#412
n_huffhines said:
But there is a price floor for the service. IIRC, they can't charge below $1.47 or something like that. I can't remember exactly, but effectively it's a ban on competing with the USPS $0.49 stamps, or whatever it is now.
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This is gonna rustle your jimmies..but the USPS contracts out to UPS and FedEx :eek:hmy:
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
This is gonna rustle your jimmies..but the USPS contracts out to UPS and FedEx :eek:hmy:
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A few years ago the USPS and I believe Fedex were working on a deal to let them deliver some first class mail but the USPS workers protection agency squashed it.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
What do you think the government has done to keep Verizon from buying cell towers?
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Requiring access by other companies at fair prices vs what they want to charge. No evidence, just common sense. Why do you think so many government contractors actually hire contractors? It's more desireable to rent engineers than it is to employee them when you have projects that are short term. If a cell company could buy up the network and charge what they want for access they would be all over it.
 
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volinbham said:
Wait are you suggesting inflation would not occur in AnCap?
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It was simply a rebuttal to the notion that non-government currency would be volatile.

There would be some currencies that wouldn't be subject to inflation (bitcoin). May the best currency win.
 
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hog88 said:
You are correct, a barter or precious metals system can work. It would slow down commerce to a standstill.

Once we left the gold standard paper money is just that, paper.
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I agree about the economic slowdown that it would produce, my square-snouted friend. But that would happen anyway in an anarchistic society.
 
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LouderVol said:
to the first paragraph, yeah sure a small commune might survive, when protected by the government. irony abounds in that. and i would argue in those cases that they do work it is not from a lack of oversite but rather them working within a very confined system. and the system works as long as there are no major problems. we (humans) banded together to form the first governments to solve problems we couldn't handle on our own. same thing here with the anarchists.

agree on the last part. we need to heavily redo our government. i just don't see how the anarchy works on a state or national level.
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We agree. :hi:

I was hoping the irony would come through. lol
 
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#423
First glimpse of the thread title I read 'antichrist' instead of 'anarchist'. Would be a more interesting thread imo
 
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n_huffhines said:
How many world currencies have imploded? What's going on with the dollar right now, homey?
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The dollar is a lot more legitimate than bitcoin by a long shot, and it is quite strong against the Euro and the Yen. Not saying too much I admit, but hardly failing.
 
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