http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-real-argument-about-government/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-real-argument-about-government/comment-page-1/#comment-44618 Harry Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:59:56 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/our-economic-past-the-real-argument-about-government/#comment-44618 Would we have collectivism if we had term limits? I think not. Would we have collectivism if we had term limits? I think not.

]]> http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-real-argument-about-government/comment-page-1/#comment-42875 John Zube Tue, 17 May 2011 07:50:35 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/our-economic-past-the-real-argument-about-government/#comment-42875 I hold that the division between territorial and compulsory government, however limited otherwise, and exterritorially autonomous communities of volunteers only, all doing only their own things, at the own expense and risk, is even larger and more fundamental. For voluntary victims the present governments could be even larger and more powerful than they are now, without doing THEM any wrong, as long as they are free to opt out. I hold that the division between territorial and compulsory government, however limited otherwise, and exterritorially autonomous communities of volunteers only, all doing only their own things, at the own expense and risk, is even larger and more fundamental. For voluntary victims the present governments could be even larger and more powerful than they are now, without doing THEM any wrong, as long as they are free to opt out.

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