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  1. gimmepie
    February 1st, 2016 5:53 PM
    gimmepie
    Again, nope. Government regulation is the only thing preventing monopolies and unfair pricing on necessities. You might say it's completely fair for people to charge anything they want for their products, but that only tells me you've never lived in a situation where you've needed medical care you can't afford. If you think prices are high with government intervention, you should see what things become if ever we have this "free market" you desire. Sure people will want to undercut each other to take business, but that's not going to be enough to compensate.

    Once again, you're deluded about free markets. In a free market there is a huge class divide. If you think there's a divide between rich and poor now, see what happens when the rich don't have limits anymore. Your free market favours the rich and it always will.

    They both have the same flaws in that they're idealogical systems of government that rely on human beings being good people. Ideology has no place in government, practicality should be everything. In true communism/socialism the government is too liable to take advantage of the system for their own benefit whilst in a true free market the upper class will take advantage of the lower because of the lack of governance.

    You know damn well we'll just debate this in circles without either of us finding any degree of success lol
  2. Sefuree
    February 1st, 2016 3:41 PM
    Sefuree
    I'll have it Friday night. :/ Sorry
  3. gimmepie
    January 31st, 2016 11:38 PM
    gimmepie
    Once again I'm reminding you that recorded history might not include anarchist society but at some stage biologically we did. Forming a society with a governing body was a behavioural adaption and a part of the reason humans succeeded as a species.

    My friend, you're too idealistic. You think far too highly of humans. In a truly free market healthcare would be not only not free, but due to its necessity people could get away with charging whatever they wanted for it - and they would because humans are above all else greedy. Doctors need to provide their families with food too. That's why bulk-billing and healthcare schemes are a thing in part.

    No, and nobody in my country nor in yours is held at gunpoint over tax. Not paying taxes might earn you jail time, and it should. Every person contributes to tax and every person benefits as a result. It's the person who doesn't pay tax and expects the government to survive off of everyone else that's the criminal.

    You vastly overestimate the amount of control the government has over the people. If I choose to go out for a night, I don't have to fill a bunch of forms. I don't need to seek government permission to spend money on luxuries. So long as my actions aren't causing harm to people or the state I can more or less do as I please. Part of what earns me that right is that I pay the taxes that help keep society afloat.

    A totally free market is one that would very quickly result in class-divides and a collapsing economy. If communism/socialism is ineffective ideology, anarchy or minarchy are just as ineffective for the exact same reasons.
  4. acatfrommars
    January 31st, 2016 8:21 PM
    acatfrommars
    omg I am so sorry I forgot about your vm conversation. I feel bad about it now. :(

    New Girl is about a girl moving in with 3 guy roommates and they have crazy, funny adventures together. It's a really funny show and one of my favorites! What are some of your favorite shows to watch?
  5. Sefuree
    January 31st, 2016 5:02 PM
    Sefuree
    It was spicy. That's good!
  6. Sefuree
    January 31st, 2016 9:06 AM
    Sefuree
    Not even close. Had a birthday dinner for my brother yesterday! I'll send it later today!
  7. gimmepie
    January 30th, 2016 11:46 PM
    gimmepie
    Look at it from a biological standpoint instead of a political. We developed rules as a behavioural adaption because we needed them for society to function. Obviously we didn't jump straight to democracy, but that's the general gist.

    Sorry to say it mate, but your understanding of welfare/healthcare is backwards. Let's look at it using myself as an example. In a true free market, medical care is totally privatised and welfare payments don't exist. I've been sick for nearly for months now and nobody knows what is wrong with me. I've been unable to work because of my illness, so I can't afford private medical care. No worries though, I can just work whilst sick right? No.

    I haven't read your essay yet, sorry xD

    Taxation isn't theft, it's the people providing for the people. The government needs money to provide its services and pay its employees and that money has to come from somewhere.

    A government needs to be large because of the scale of the populace it supports and the size of the land it governs. It's like expanding the platform holding up a priceless statue because the first one is too small to take the weight and nobody can replace the priceless artefact once it breaks.
  8. Sefuree
    January 30th, 2016 6:44 AM
    Sefuree
    Alright, let me just go in and test it to make sure it's good!
  9. gimmepie
    January 29th, 2016 10:26 PM
    gimmepie
    The reason society developed rules is because anarchy doesn't work :P

    Sounds like a government that's ready to collapse and that has abandoned the poor.
  10. Sefuree
    January 29th, 2016 9:18 PM
    Sefuree
    its an .exe file! :P
  11. gimmepie
    January 29th, 2016 8:51 PM
    gimmepie
    That's because people generally have some degree of sense and no anarchy is bad

    Minarchist? I'm not familiar with the term.
  12. Sefuree
    January 29th, 2016 8:15 PM
    Sefuree
    I can send you a copy!
  13. Sefuree
    January 29th, 2016 7:54 PM
    Sefuree
    Yes.
  14. Sefuree
    January 29th, 2016 2:58 PM
    Sefuree
    Early
  15. gimmepie
    January 28th, 2016 8:50 PM
    gimmepie
    If I think of any questions I'll gladly give them to you. Generally speaking though, talk of anarcho-capitalism just leaves with stunned silence xD

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