Underestimating long-term consequences of cryptoanarchy
Tim May
timcmay at got.net
Tue May 6 19:47:57 PDT 2003
On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 07:05 AM, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
> Tyler Durden wrote:
>
>> Likewise with governments. I still need my trash taken out, and for
>> potholes to be fixed.
>
>
> What makes you think government is needed at all for these? My trash
> is taken out by a private company, not by any government. And
> privately built and maintained roads have existed for a very long >
> time.
We fix all of the potholes on our road. And more efficiently that
"CalTrans" with its headquarter skyscrapers and $80,000/year pothole
fillers do.
(BTW, we pay exorbitant property taxes partly to pay for local roads,
yet most mountain roads are private. Why don't we get a rebate on our
taxes? Because money taken by the Gaping Mouth is never returned.)
--Tim May
"You don't expect governments to obey the law because of some higher
moral development. You expect them to obey the law because they know
that if they don't, those who aren't shot will be hanged." - -Michael
Shirley
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