Quote from: myrkul on August 13, 2012, 05:07:41 AM

Quote from: honest bob on August 13, 2012, 05:01:41 AM

Quote from: myrkul on August 13, 2012, 04:48:32 AM

Quote from: honest bob on August 13, 2012, 04:39:26 AM

What does a government do that a company can also not do, theoretically? I think that government is an arbitrary label.

"Legitimately" use aggressive force.

A company could also use force that would evoke quotations around "legitimately."

Of course they could. But everyone would see those quotations. If a government uses aggressive force (say, to enforce its laws) then everyone is OK with that, because it's a government. If a company uses aggressive force to enforce its edicts, then people tend to have a problem with that.

But in reality, a lot of people are not OK with what the government does. The difference between governments and successful companies is not that everybody is OK with one of them. Revolts happen against governments, revolts happen against companies.

Quote from: honest bob on August 13, 2012, 05:04:08 AM

Government = some humans wielding great power. Anarcho-Capitalism = all humans wielding great power.

Fixed that for you.

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That just isn't true.

My point is that humans will make human mistakes and have human desires.