
by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:57 pm

by Avenio » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:04 pm

by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:11 pm
Avenio wrote:Oooh! Oooh! Can I guess the point of this thread? It's so people can say "Well, I don't support the mafia running my town in such a manner." and you can respond "Well, why do you support the government? It does the same things!", at which point you expect us to crumble under the inescapable weight of your anarcho-capitalist logic, repent for our statist sins and bow at the altar to the Almighty Rothbard?
Let me know when I get close.

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:11 pm
Avenio wrote:Oooh! Oooh! Can I guess the point of this thread? It's so people can say "Well, I don't support the mafia running my town in such a manner." and you can respond "Well, why do you support the government? It does the same things!", at which point you expect us to crumble under the inescapable weight of your anarcho-capitalist logic, repent for our statist sins and bow at the altar to the Almighty Rothbard?
Let me know when I get close.

by Miklesia » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:11 pm
The Floridian Coast wrote:My chances, as an American, of being killed by an act of Islamic terrorism, or personally knowing someone who is, are very, very small. On the other hand, my chances as an American of having a Christian in power depriving me or others who I care for of their liberty are very, very high. I'm more concerned about radical Christianity than radical Islam, even though the second is much more violent.

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:11 pm
New Manvir wrote:Avenio wrote:Oooh! Oooh! Can I guess the point of this thread? It's so people can say "Well, I don't support the mafia running my town in such a manner." and you can respond "Well, why do you support the government? It does the same things!", at which point you expect us to crumble under the inescapable weight of your anarcho-capitalist logic, repent for our statist sins and bow at the altar to the Almighty Rothbard?
Let me know when I get close.
And it's such a fresh argument too. No one has ever brought up this argument using that analogy on this forum before.


by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:12 pm
Bendira wrote:Avenio wrote:Oooh! Oooh! Can I guess the point of this thread? It's so people can say "Well, I don't support the mafia running my town in such a manner." and you can respond "Well, why do you support the government? It does the same things!", at which point you expect us to crumble under the inescapable weight of your anarcho-capitalist logic, repent for our statist sins and bow at the altar to the Almighty Rothbard?
Let me know when I get close.
Wow your good.
Actually I think it becomes quite obvious that im talking about governments like 1/4th of the way in.
Often times, these mafia bosses allow regular citizens in the town to help influence their decisions. This keeps the town's population relatively peaceful, because they have convinced themselves that they have atleast a little control over what the mafia enforces.

by Coccygia » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:13 pm

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:14 pm

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:14 pm
Coccygia wrote:That's a nice description of how the Middle Ages worked but not how the modern world works.

by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:15 pm

by Great Nepal » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:16 pm

by Respublika Goroda » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:17 pm
Eireann Fae wrote:"I'M GONNA BLOW UP THIS AIRPORT!"

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:17 pm
New Manvir wrote:
Maybe it doesn't need a convincing argument against it. Seeing as my local "mafia" provides me with protection, an education, healthcare and mess of other services, and only convenes with the approval of our "town", I'm pretty happy with it.

by Cyber Utopia » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:19 pm
Feazanthia wrote:Remember - every time you chuck an asteroid at a planet, Bruce Willis gets a sappy self-sacrifice scene in a shitty movie.
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by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:20 pm
Bendira wrote:New Manvir wrote:
Maybe it doesn't need a convincing argument against it. Seeing as my local "mafia" provides me with protection, an education, healthcare and mess of other services, and only convenes with the approval of our "town", I'm pretty happy with it.
Yeah but see, thats an argument for something based on "I am a wuss that's scared of change".

by The Nuclear Fist » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:21 pm
Bendira wrote:New Manvir wrote:
Maybe it doesn't need a convincing argument against it. Seeing as my local "mafia" provides me with protection, an education, healthcare and mess of other services, and only convenes with the approval of our "town", I'm pretty happy with it.
Yeah but see, thats an argument for something based on "I am a wuss that's scared of change".
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses. . .Farnhamia wrote:You're getting a little too fond of the jerkoff motions.

by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:21 pm

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:21 pm
Great Nepal wrote:See I have been saying it so many time in almost every anti-government thread...
If you dont like it go to somalia and see how you like non-governed land.
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by Respublika Goroda » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:22 pm
Bendira wrote:New Manvir wrote:
Maybe it doesn't need a convincing argument against it. Seeing as my local "mafia" provides me with protection, an education, healthcare and mess of other services, and only convenes with the approval of our "town", I'm pretty happy with it.
Yeah but see, thats an argument for something based on "I am a wuss that's scared of change".
Eireann Fae wrote:"I'M GONNA BLOW UP THIS AIRPORT!"

by Bendira » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:22 pm


by New Manvir » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:25 pm

by Hydesland » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:25 pm
Bendira wrote:Yeah, I loved handcuffing women to butter churns and whipping my slaves in the field. Those were the days amirite?
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