Difference between revisions of "Libertarianism in One Lesson; The Third Lesson"
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* All government regulation is harmful. We minarchists love the Constitution, despite the fact that it is merely government regulations. But how dare the amendments regulate against slavery, our natural right! | * All government regulation is harmful. We minarchists love the Constitution, despite the fact that it is merely government regulations. But how dare the amendments regulate against slavery, our natural right! | ||
* Historical entitlement works just fine to explain why landowners can charge rent, but fails entirely for government to charge taxes. | * Historical entitlement works just fine to explain why landowners can charge rent, but fails entirely for government to charge taxes. | ||
| + | * It is an essential right for us to regulate who enters our property, but governments must have open borders! | ||
* We don't trust people to run a government, but we trust them to be better behaved in private with much less oversight and accountability. | * We don't trust people to run a government, but we trust them to be better behaved in private with much less oversight and accountability. | ||
* Government currently has a monopoly on (legal) violence aka “coercion”, so if we get rid of government, we’ll get rid of the coercion! What could go wrong? | * Government currently has a monopoly on (legal) violence aka “coercion”, so if we get rid of government, we’ll get rid of the coercion! What could go wrong? | ||
