<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">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">On 4/9/24 8:09 AM, BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Does this research indicate that even hard-core libertarians would be<br>
> better off co-operating with others?<br>
<br>
Libertarians aren't opposed to voluntary cooperation.<br></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><br></div><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>