Libertarianism supports monopolies though and monopolies are more easier to form in an "anarcho-free market" situation.
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Anonymous2011-08-27 22:40
Do you not understand what happens without government regulation? Sure, governance isn't always perfect, but corporations are run by the same thing: people. The only difference is that governments can (not always, but can) be held accountable to the people, while corporations are only accountable to their shareholders.
Two simple examples of lack of regulation:
1) The sad state of the meat industry in the United States before the publishing of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
2) The 2008 Recession, which was caused by the fall of the unregulated derivatives market, and banks giving out risky loans to people who didn't qualify.
The natural state of capitalism is ups and downs. Unregulated capitalism has a history of WILD ups and downs. I'm not a Marx-loving anarcho-syndicalist here, just an adult that realizes the actual course of history. I was once a libertarian, too, as the ideas are attractive at first, but a thorough study of history shows that unregulated capitalism is accountable to no one, and causes only harm. If you can't accept this, you have more studying to do.
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Anonymous2011-08-27 23:00
Ideally, regulation should be, "don't do whatever physically harms the general population." Instead, much of it these days is "don't do whatever the government or highest bidder doesn't like."
The 2008 Recession, which was caused by the fall of the unregulated derivatives market, and banks giving out risky loans to people who didn't qualify.
If you still think more regulation is needed on top of the 10k commandments we have then you are a fucking lost cause. How many more regulations is it going to take for you to finally say HEY MAYBE REGULATIONS THAT COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT DONT ACTUALLY WORK...
The natural state of capitalism is ups and downs. Unregulated capitalism has a history of WILD ups and downs. I'm not a Marx-loving anarcho-syndicalist here, just an adult that realizes the actual course of history. I was once a libertarian, too, as the ideas are attractive at first, but a thorough study of history shows that unregulated capitalism is accountable to no one, and causes only harm. If you can't accept this, you have more studying to do.
If you dont understand the difference between corporatism and true capitalism then i hardly think you could call yourself a libretarian and would ask you to go back to "studying".
>>84 Actually he can't go somewhere else.
This is what lazy people think.
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Anonymous2011-08-28 20:37
Since any theory of racial differences has been outlawed, the only possible explanation for black failure is white racism.
Since we are required to believe that the only explanation for non-white failure is white racism, every time a non-white is poor, commits a crime, goes on welfare, or takes drugs, white society stands accused of yet another act of racism.
The dogma of racial equality leaves no room for an explanation of black failure that is not, in some fashion, an indictment of white people.
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No true libertarian supports government monopolies on law, police or defense.
Further, libertarian ideology falls straight on it's fucking face when it comes to racial dynamics.
White man builds a civilization, libertarian promotes "free movement of labor" and then the civilization dies under the endless swarm of lesser races.