[extropy-chat] The Hidden Luddite was Re: peak oil debate

[Samantha Atkins]

Read more carefully.  Remember that I am a minarchist.  I believe  
there are some tasks best performed by government but that the set of  
such tasks is small.  I am against government regulation of  
business.  I am not against a government whose job it is to protect  
the rights of the people and formulate laws protecting the people  
from various forms of aggression on their rights.  I am not against a  
government that runs enforcement and judiciary of those laws.  I am  
against a government that attempts to regulate heavily most aspects  
of our lives and interactions.  There is a world of difference.  It  
is not a legitimate task of government to regulate business.  It is a  
legitimate task of government to formulate and enforce laws against  
business fraud and harm to the people.   See the difference?

- s

On Sep 8, 2005, at 1:08 PM, david wrote:

> Samantha Atkins wrote:
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>> There are actually non-government regulation ways of dealing with   
>> fraudulent or harmful businesses.  A system of laws against fraud  
>> and  various forms of aggression on the rights and well-being of  
>> others  would seem sufficient.
>>
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> <snip>
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> A non-government system of laws against fraud, harmful practices  
> and agression ?
> Who writes them?
> Who enforces them?
>
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> -David.
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