No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
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Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#2Is it ironic that it's behind a paywall?
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#3Must be nice to be a parasite
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#4It's 500 people on a tiny island demonstrating that 500 people don't need a government to function as a community. They say they can just make agreements between themselves, which is the purpose of the government, to solve that problem at scale. If one of them needs help I'm sure the rest of them would try to help, which is what wellfare is when millions of people are involved.
I'm guessing that if I go there and start a business dumping waste on the island (which would be very profitable for me, it is increasingly costly to get rid of waste in most countries because of the stringent regulations) the people there would have to learn what taxes and regulations are for.
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#5Is it ironic that it's behind a paywall?
Gloriously ironic
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#6I feel like I know this story plot ...
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#7It's 500 people on a tiny island demonstrating that 500 people don't need a government to function as a community. They say they can just make agreements between themselves, which is the purpose of the government, to solve that problem at scale. If one of them needs help I'm sure the rest of them would try to help, which is what wellfare is when millions of people are involved. I'm guessing that if I go there and sta…
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Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#8It's 500 people on a tiny island demonstrating that 500 people don't need a government to function as a community. They say they can just make agreements between themselves, which is the purpose of the government, to solve that problem at scale. If one of them needs help I'm sure the rest of them would try to help, which is what wellfare is when millions of people are involved. I'm guessing that if I go there and sta…
Anarcocapitalist and Libertarian frameworks can still have methods of dealing with such problems. At best they have laws, contracts, and private police and you would be sued. At worst, they might shoot you.
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#9It's 500 people on a tiny island demonstrating that 500 people don't need a government to function as a community. They say they can just make agreements between themselves, which is the purpose of the government, to solve that problem at scale. If one of them needs help I'm sure the rest of them would try to help, which is what wellfare is when millions of people are involved. I'm guessing that if I go there and sta…
See this is where that libertarian-paradise-town in New Hampshire went wrong: if you put yourself on an island, you are less likely to be overrun by bears.
Re: No taxes. No welfare. Welcome to libertarian paradise island
#10It's 500 people on a tiny island demonstrating that 500 people don't need a government to function as a community. They say they can just make agreements between themselves, which is the purpose of the government, to solve that problem at scale. If one of them needs help I'm sure the rest of them would try to help, which is what wellfare is when millions of people are involved. I'm guessing that if I go there and sta…
Yeah doesn't scale.