biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) (01/31/85)
This is an extended extract of an article I posted some time ago. Since I didn't get any responses, and since I really would like to know what liber- tarianism is like, I'm reposting. Please answer in net.politics.theory *only*. This double posting is only to carry the discussion to there. == == == : : : == == == == == == : : : == == == Ok, I feel I just am missing too many facts on Libertarianism to be able to judge it. Here are some questions: - Where does the go[u]vernment in Libertaria (generic name for a Libertarian country) come from. Is it elected? If so, what about the minority that voted against? If not, how then? Where does the power of the go[u]vernment come from? From paid policemen/soldiers? If so, where does the money come from? - Is it the go[u]vernment that decides when something is reasonable (my neigbo[u]r is infesting my land with sound waves. I am a physicist and for my experiments I need *silence*, and my neighbo[u]r keeps whispering all the time)? If so, where does it get its authority from? And where does one complain if the go[u]vernmental decision seems unjust? If not, who does? - Do legal persons (non-natural ones) exist in Libertaria? May I start a charity company which will survive me? (Something like Nobel, for instance, is that allowed?) Must there be natural persons to be held responsible in case something goes wrong? - Is there some sort of "higher court", to rely upon when one thinks the (private?) arbitration didn't do justice? >Ah, but saying "this is my land" isn't sufficient to give you control over >it in Libertaria. You have to *use* it. > <mike But what exactly is *using* land? A person who owns a lot of land and has other people living on it, doesn't he *need* spare land to provide relax possibilities, and to secure a future for new-born children? Can the physi- cist of above claim to need lots of land around him "since it has to be silent here"? -- Biep. {seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep I utterly disagree with everything you are saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for your right to say it. --Voltaire