Comments on: Robert Higgs asks the Huemer Question

By: mytyrone

mytyrone — Sat, 17 May 2014 21:00:19 +0000

Well how about keeping Government limited to suppression of violence and fraud?

By: Thomas Boyle

Thomas Boyle — Thu, 08 May 2014 14:27:32 +0000

People put up with it because they believe they cannot change it, and they comply because they are afraid. There’s no mystery here.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 06 May 2014 14:26:35 +0000

What has been the human experience of the absence of a state? Does it suggest a less cynical explanation?
According to a recent WaPo editorial, Libya’s government currently “has no army and no way of establishing its authority….” Must be great.

By: andrew'

andrew' — Sun, 04 May 2014 22:22:35 +0000

The regulatory system that allows bypass of political processes seems like a force for entrenched interests.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 04 May 2014 19:09:45 +0000

I agree with the FOOL explanation, or “freedom for me, but not for thee”. How else do we account for the fact that most of those 4/20 legalization activists support other forms of coercion, or all those artists who support selective censorship?

That’s only part of it. The more chilling explanation that you see in many people is that they just adore displays of power. The more policy issues get framed as partisan knife-fights, the more they support seeing their side heavily armed.