I am not defending statism. To be frank, I like libertarianism. However, it's precisely because I like it, I like to point out where it's already working. Instead of complaining where we are not free, why not point out and be grateful of what freedom we still or already have, and think how to make it grow.
Rather than complaining that life is bad, why not see what's working in life. See what cause it. Be grateful with it. And based on what worked, think how to make what's working works even more.
Have principles of anarcho capitalism ever tried in the world?
Which area?
Well, what about the whole globe.
I am not joking. Do we have earth government?
Think about it. We don't. Well, we can say UN or WTO. There are more like treaties rather than government. Or we can say yea we have earth government, however, it's so small.
US government is like Batman more than cops. Drunken rich guy at day, vigilante behind the screen.
What else libertarians and anarcho capitalists hate? Redistribution of wealth right?
How much wealth got redistributed by rich country to poor countries? Almost none.
War? Well. War happens. But most countries actually live peacefully.
Some libertarians would complain that this is NOT libertarian ism. Under libertarianism each individual is an independent political unit. Libertarian revolves around individuals and condemn collectivism.
I said, it is almost as good as libertarianism. At least it's a good start.
Donald Trump, for example, lower tax rate for corporations. Why? Because of competition in China. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
A libertarian "value" namely lowering taxes, happen because on a big scale, the countries are in anarcho capitalistic state.
Anarcho capitalists say that we need private enterprise to "protect us" instead of "government". Well, if the whole globe is under one government, then yea, we should.
But the world is not under one government. If you do not like the terms and laws in one government you can always move to another country.
Most countries in the world do not have exit visa. Of course if no countries provide a good "libertarian laws" yet, then we should just realize that perhaps pure libertarianism, like 4m LED TV, is just not on the market yet.
The world divided into many countries, each of which free to run as they please, is just like corporations.
While each country have sovereignty just like corporations, most countries embrace far more freedom today than what our ancestors get.
Most countries have no or little discrimination based on race or religion, which is a libertarian value. Most countries are at least halfway capitalistic.
Does implementation of libertarianism in the globe improves our wealth? Hell YEAH.
If countries do not compete with one another, the government can tax people sky high. We will all be poor. If your governments do not have to compete with other governments, your tax rate will be very high. US tax rate once reach 90%. Rulers, like voters can just demand a gazillion minimum wage. Countries will be like Venezuella.
But countries do compete with one another. Capitalists that's oppressed in US can simply move their factories to China. Now, as China gets richer too, it starts demanding bigger and bigger tax from capitalists. So? Capitalists will move to Indonesia, Vietnam, and Africa.
The fact that libertarianism control the whole globe, as if the market God is the true ruler of our globe turns countries into pretty much shops. Anyone oppressed in one country, like American factory owners that are oppressed by raising minimum wage, will simply go to China.
The whole world gets richer and richer.
We now have cellphone, we can trade in bitcoin, we have internet. More and more governments embrace more and more capitalism, bringing prosperity to their people and the world.
So yes. This application of anarcho capitalism, that doesn't treat individuals as political units, do lead to countries becoming more and more libertarians. At the end, each individuals see more and more freedom.
Weed is legal in Colorado. Porn is everywhere and free. Gambling is legal. Income tax for corporations drop. The productive gets richer and richer. And the redistributed wealth is less and less.
This leads to another point. Libertarians do not depend too much on morality. Donald Trump doesn't lower corporate tax because American voters are moral. Donald Trump lower corporate tax because he needs to compete with China.
I see many many ways on how to make the world a more libertarian place.
However, the fact that countries are pretty much libertarian with each other should serve as inspiration.
For example, what about if we ask our countries to "split up" and turn into "defense pact" more than real government.
This is actually closer to US before expansion of federal government.
The problem with Americans is that they live in a very large and powerful country. They have a government that can tax them no matter where they go. Citizens of small countries do not have that problem. If your government demand too much, you just travel a few km away and shop around for better rules.
We do not need libertarianism in all states in a country. If even one of the state is libertarian, that state will be the most prosperous, and we can just move there. In fact, competition among states/provinces will force ever state to lower taxes, honor freedom, and guard the only thing we need from government, security.
That would be a next step.
Rather than complaining that life is bad, why not see what's working in life. See what cause it. Be grateful with it. And based on what worked, think how to make what's working works even more.
Have principles of anarcho capitalism ever tried in the world?
Which area?
Well, what about the whole globe.
I am not joking. Do we have earth government?
Think about it. We don't. Well, we can say UN or WTO. There are more like treaties rather than government. Or we can say yea we have earth government, however, it's so small.
US government is like Batman more than cops. Drunken rich guy at day, vigilante behind the screen.
What else libertarians and anarcho capitalists hate? Redistribution of wealth right?
How much wealth got redistributed by rich country to poor countries? Almost none.
War? Well. War happens. But most countries actually live peacefully.
Some libertarians would complain that this is NOT libertarian ism. Under libertarianism each individual is an independent political unit. Libertarian revolves around individuals and condemn collectivism.
I said, it is almost as good as libertarianism. At least it's a good start.
Donald Trump, for example, lower tax rate for corporations. Why? Because of competition in China. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
A libertarian "value" namely lowering taxes, happen because on a big scale, the countries are in anarcho capitalistic state.
Anarcho capitalists say that we need private enterprise to "protect us" instead of "government". Well, if the whole globe is under one government, then yea, we should.
But the world is not under one government. If you do not like the terms and laws in one government you can always move to another country.
Most countries in the world do not have exit visa. Of course if no countries provide a good "libertarian laws" yet, then we should just realize that perhaps pure libertarianism, like 4m LED TV, is just not on the market yet.
The world divided into many countries, each of which free to run as they please, is just like corporations.
While each country have sovereignty just like corporations, most countries embrace far more freedom today than what our ancestors get.
Most countries have no or little discrimination based on race or religion, which is a libertarian value. Most countries are at least halfway capitalistic.
Does implementation of libertarianism in the globe improves our wealth? Hell YEAH.
If countries do not compete with one another, the government can tax people sky high. We will all be poor. If your governments do not have to compete with other governments, your tax rate will be very high. US tax rate once reach 90%. Rulers, like voters can just demand a gazillion minimum wage. Countries will be like Venezuella.
But countries do compete with one another. Capitalists that's oppressed in US can simply move their factories to China. Now, as China gets richer too, it starts demanding bigger and bigger tax from capitalists. So? Capitalists will move to Indonesia, Vietnam, and Africa.
The fact that libertarianism control the whole globe, as if the market God is the true ruler of our globe turns countries into pretty much shops. Anyone oppressed in one country, like American factory owners that are oppressed by raising minimum wage, will simply go to China.
The whole world gets richer and richer.
We now have cellphone, we can trade in bitcoin, we have internet. More and more governments embrace more and more capitalism, bringing prosperity to their people and the world.
So yes. This application of anarcho capitalism, that doesn't treat individuals as political units, do lead to countries becoming more and more libertarians. At the end, each individuals see more and more freedom.
Weed is legal in Colorado. Porn is everywhere and free. Gambling is legal. Income tax for corporations drop. The productive gets richer and richer. And the redistributed wealth is less and less.
This leads to another point. Libertarians do not depend too much on morality. Donald Trump doesn't lower corporate tax because American voters are moral. Donald Trump lower corporate tax because he needs to compete with China.
I see many many ways on how to make the world a more libertarian place.
However, the fact that countries are pretty much libertarian with each other should serve as inspiration.
For example, what about if we ask our countries to "split up" and turn into "defense pact" more than real government.
This is actually closer to US before expansion of federal government.
The problem with Americans is that they live in a very large and powerful country. They have a government that can tax them no matter where they go. Citizens of small countries do not have that problem. If your government demand too much, you just travel a few km away and shop around for better rules.
We do not need libertarianism in all states in a country. If even one of the state is libertarian, that state will be the most prosperous, and we can just move there. In fact, competition among states/provinces will force ever state to lower taxes, honor freedom, and guard the only thing we need from government, security.
That would be a next step.
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