<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 12:22 PM Dave S via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem">On Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 at 1:24 PM, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span></div><div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM Dave S via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div>
Libertarians aren't opposed to voluntary cooperation.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Except in practice when:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Other people need them to cooperate in order for the other people to survive, but they'd be just fine in the short term not cooperating, so how dare these other people resort to force, or</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">That doesn't sound like voluntary cooperation, it sounds like "do this or we'll force you to do it".</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I noted it as an exce;tion, yes. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2) Other people refuse to voluntarily cooperate with them on things they need others' cooperation on in order to survive, which - being a threat to their survival - justifies their use of force upon others.</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">That violates the nonaggression principle, so not libertarian.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As noted, this is another exception.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Of course, if it comes down to survival, people will likely violate their principles.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If there are cases where people will predictably violate their principles, and it is reasonably expected for people proposing principles to predict and cover these situations, the principles aren't really that solid if they don't cover these situations. </div></div></div>