CCCRAIG@UMCVMB.BITNET (10/02/86)
I've been following the discussion for awhile and have been wondering why concrete examples haven't been mentioned. Are there any practicing libertarian cities, counties, states or countries? Granted, a full test could not be done on anything less than a national level, but proof of concept could be shown on any city with enough diversity. I don't live in a large city but I can easily see city parallels to the national issues that have been discussed. Cities have taxes, police (military), justice systems, ordinances (laws), welfare . . . . Don't get picky, I know some of the parallels are not true and the burden of state and national constraints hamper the experiment. But it still could be done. Also there must be hundreds of small nations that could do the full-blown experiment. If there are no full examples could anyone list partial examples (those cities, states and nations that have come the closest) and give some measure of how close they have come? No fictional examples please. Historical examples accepted if they parallel situations that exist today. Examples from other cultures accepted. Craig Pepmiller ***neither pro nor con, just wondering*** -------