[ExI] Capitalism is like a poker game

[Dan]

I think the real problem is not so much government as coercion. Government is merely the form this typically takes in society -- usually being the most highly developed and organized institution of coercion is any society. And I think the solution is to de-legitamize all coercion, including government coercion. This would make it impossible for government to exist in the first place and also make all other forms of coercion marginal -- the equivalent of petty crimes.

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Mirco Romanato <painlord2k at libero.it>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tue, April 13, 2010 6:36:57 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Capitalism is like a poker game

Il 13/04/2010 21.43, Dan ha scritto:
> No, it's not usually random and it's usually called lobbying and
> often dressed up as necessary regulations for the public interest,
> the common good, the good of the country, and the like. In other
> words, corporations don't usually go after competitors by using force
> directly. They do it indirectly by getting the government to go after
> competitors.

So we return to the fact that is the government the problem, not the corporation.

What I was pointing out with my remark was the irrational fears of some people that corporation can take over with private militias and likes when a government is too weak. In this case they become the government, a tyrannical one and can be shot down like all tyrannical governments. Usually, in this case, they would be much more easy to put in their place, as they lack the moral ground that "governments" claim. They also become market averse, so their efficiency fall as always happen when people ban the market.

Mirco