tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post5937236423963345059..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Voluntary cooperationLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-29504156392427005482011-01-15T19:14:32.914-07:002011-01-15T19:14:32.914-07:00You find the concept of a voluntaristic society pr...You find the concept of a voluntaristic society problematic. Please consider the following:<br /><br />A society of voluntary cooperation means that there is no legal initiation of violence. There is however legal violence when a criminal initiates violence against someone's person or property, and by doing so forfeits his own right not to be violated.<br /><br />Voluntary cooperation does not mean that violations of person and property will be absent or should go unpunished by a legal system. When a criminal initiates violence, the victim has the right to use violence for restitution and punishment.<br /><br />Legal and security constraints are a basic feature of anarcho-capitalism, and one of it's best examples was Gaelic Ireland. Murray Rothbard is a writer that has documented and studied anarcho-capitalism, in case you wish to expand on this.<br /><br /> Indeed, all the services that the state provides today with coercively obtained funds (law, defense, streets, utilities) have been provided on a voluntary basis, and in many cases are still being provided privately. And the result was/is vastly more equitable because these organizations were/are not above the law, and could go bankrupt when their reputation was/is tarnished.<br /><br />You could look into the Somali traditional legal system called Xeer, still being used today, or admiralty law (these are just examples). In these systems you had competing courts, judges, mercenaries, security providers etc...Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748500333051403596noreply@blogger.com