Lolbertarian Party drops by to remind you it still sucks
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The government is an extension of private sector power. To prevent it from having this power, you must limit the power of the private sector. Good luck fitting that into libertarianism.
We don't fit it in, because it's a nonsense. The distinction between the private sector and government is that the government claims the monopoly on initiating violence to enforce edicts. I'm in favor of decentralizing that role so that market incentives limit its effect.
I actually wrote a constitution which would trend toward what I'm looking for, based on the US constitution's framework. You need to set up explicit support for secession, with processes for how it's to be done peacefully, and that checks centralized power. The only way to escape the decentralization is a war of conquest, which is becoming more and more difficult in the age of gun and communications proliferation.
How is allowing Blackrock, Walmart, Disney, etc. to legally initiate violence directly going to solve anything? This shit is wild.
They already do, they just hire blue uniforms to do it for them. Getting rid of government's monopoly helps put us on that same footing.
They will still have way more money than you. You plan on taking it?