[ExI] walmart again: was RE: Capitalism is like a poker game

[Dan]

My view of Somlia is a bit different than yours. Under Siad Barre, Somalia had violence, famine, disease, etc. The stateless situation that followed this was likely, for many of the government actual and likely future victims, better.

That said, though, I don't want to paint Somalia as the ideal situation. I think, instead, you're looking at a nation in the worst possible shape -- partly if not mostly because of its government -- that went stateless. A far better example would be the Old West in the US (before the federal government stepped in and decided to exterminate the indigenous peoples) or various other stateless conditions in Europe during the Middle Ages. (Again, one would have to do comparisons not between modern advanced civilized nations, but between these stateless societies and their neighbors.)

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 10:11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [ExI] walmart again: was RE: Capitalism is like a poker game

On 4/14/2010 8:51 AM, Dan wrote:

> My view is the size and scope [of government] must be reduced to zero. Anything less is like only removing a tiny sliver of a tumor and assuming the battle has been won.

Right, we could all enjoy the benefits of, say, Liberia or Somalia:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1072592.stm>:

<Somalia has been without an effective central government since President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991.

Years of fighting between rival warlords and an inability to deal with famine and disease have led to the deaths of up to one million people. >

Damien Broderick
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