ImWithStupid
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I guess this could apply here, too...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6MnwknfmU]YouTube - Klavan on culture[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6MnwknfmU]YouTube - Klavan on culture[/ame]
Tyranny of the Majority
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Anna Perenna
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Well said, Hugo.
But how do you stop that liberty from becoming anarchy?
hugo
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Clearly, government is needed to defend citizens from internal and external aggressors. I believe that an economic system that provides opportunity for all to raise their fortunes in life, inside the law, is needed for a stable state. When you look at the fate of the English colonies, almost all of which are in the ranks of the first world nations versus the nations colonized by Spain, almost all of which have alternated between tyrannical governments and civil war and anarchy the historical evidence strongly argues that the ability of the common citizen to acquire property (basically land in the pre-industrial era) and to engage in free trade with his fellow citizens are the keys to a stable state that does not alternate between the tyranny of the state and the tyranny of the strongest. Spain sold huge land grants and sold monopoly rights in an attempt to profit from colonialism. The English attempted to profit through trade with its' colonies. The English colonists were basically left alone to allocate economic resources. A lot of it comes down to providing all citizens equal protection under the law. As governments grow bigger this becomes increasingly more difficult.