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  1. Feb 2017
  2. slatestarcodex.com slatestarcodex.com
    [REPOST] The Non-Libertarian FAQ
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    1. fiatjaf 24 Feb 2017
      Why should the government protect people from their own irrational choices?

      If "lack of mental energy" to think about issues and make positive choices is a problem, giving the State the right to choose is not a solution. Look at pension plans, for example. What has the State done right or better than individuals in this area? Using subsidies doesn't count.

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    2. fiatjaf 24 Feb 2017
      Once the employee is hired, the boss may ask on a moment’s notice that she work a half hour longer or else she’s fired, and she may not dare to even complain. On the other hand, if she were to so much as ask to be allowed to start work thirty minutes later to get more sleep or else she’ll quit, she might well be laughed out of the company. A boss may, and very often does, yell at an employee who has made a minor mistake, telling her how stupid and worthless she is, but rarely could an employee get away with even politely mentioning the mistake of a boss, even if it is many times as unforgivable.

      Here and after the author treats as a libertarian problem what happens today under the rule of the State labor laws.

      In a world without State labor laws, contracts would apply. Contracts could evolve and have all these situations expected in their clauses. Also, this seems to me to be a case for actually working law (which the criticism imagines as unexisting in a libertarian society): https://hypothes.is/a/PBirDvnYEeaWvjeIs4H9kg.

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    3. fiatjaf 23 Feb 2017
      1.2: But aren’t there are libertarian ways to solve externalities that don’t involve the use of force?

      Well, this article forgets about law. Law and justice still would exist in a libertarian society.

      I haven't read the rest of the article, but this is probably the answer to most of his criticisms of libertarianism, and it is fair that this guy is missing it, because law is difficult and most libertarians forget about it or think that purely monetary transactions between persons would solve everything, thus making libertarianism a crazy creed (as I've done myself for a time).

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  3. Dec 2016
  4. iwg.nationbuilder.com iwg.nationbuilder.com
    Indy Worker Guild
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    1. fiatjaf 23 Dec 2016
      we all deserve to have a safety net when we need it

      This is ridiculous.

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