Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 16

brunians at brunians.org · 19 May 2009, 01:32 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 21:32:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 16
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This does not change the nature of the interaction, Dan'l. I do understand
why one would want to deny the reality of the thing, of course.

Government is force. It is a dangerous servant and a fierce master.

-- George Washington

Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun.

-- Mao Zedong

Government is the monopoly on legitimate violence.

-- Josh Geller



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>
> Some of us call it "playing by the rules of the game." Money as such
> (that is a standardized and common currency) is a creation of a
> government and as such subject to rules set by that government.
> Attempts to pretend otherwise are the economic equivalent of
> solipsism.
>
> --Dan'l
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>>
>>> And finally, I agree with your quoted description of socialism. But it
>>> clearly has nothing to do with robbing anyone.
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Obtaining money by threat of violence is not robbery?
>>
>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Governments
>>> redistribute
>>> wealth all the time.
>>
>> And this wealth is obtained by armed robbery. What is a better word for
>> it? Extortion, perhaps. We can call it extortion if you prefer.
>>
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> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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