- 24 Aug 2011 16:07
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And British Petroleum, I am sure, enjoyed the protection of the military might of the British Empire.
My point, for I believe we are not really at odds, is that in a Rothbardian society and under realistic circumstances, no monopoly over natural resources (or otherwise) would be expected to emerge, capable of making consumers worse-off than they would have been under a different ownership structure.
That is very different from stating that in our current mixed-economy world, governments cannot facilitate privately-owned monopolies. They can and they do.
My point, for I believe we are not really at odds, is that in a Rothbardian society and under realistic circumstances, no monopoly over natural resources (or otherwise) would be expected to emerge, capable of making consumers worse-off than they would have been under a different ownership structure.
That is very different from stating that in our current mixed-economy world, governments cannot facilitate privately-owned monopolies. They can and they do.
Free men are not equal and equal men are not free.
Government is not the solution. Government is the problem.
Government is not the solution. Government is the problem.