Sunday, March 11, 2012
The Purpose of Government
The idea that "the purpose" of government is or ever was the protection of rights is a fetter on the libertarian mind, holding it back from embracing the full logical implications of its premises. As earlier libertarians understood, the purpose of the State was/is the exploitation of honest labor (including that performed by entrepreneurs).
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That James Madison quote you site above and your response to it pretty much says it all, Sheldon.
despite the apparent obviousness of this claim to you and the first commenter, some elaboration would be nice for others...
On a related note, I guess the SOPA protests didn't matter after all. Now the companies are being shaken down behind the scenes, and are "voluntarily" implementing the same thing.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/15/american-isps-to-launch-massive-copyright-spying-scheme-on-july-12
When people say they need government to prevent collusion, I wonder if they ever considered government-sanctioned collusion like this?
Anon, I was responding to the libertarian cliche that "the purpose of government is the protection of individual rights." Where is that purpose recorded? Is has not been the case historically, so what does the statement mean?
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