On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:11 PM juan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sean Lynch wrote: > > > > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:51:30 +1000 > > > Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > even if those institutions are entirely > > > > > voluntary. I can imagine sets of institutions that would allow > > > > > corporations in a similar sense to how they exist now, i.e. > > > > > limited liability and some form of "personhood." > > > > > > > > 'limited liability' means that the owners of the company cannot be > > > > personally sued. > > > > > > > > > Yes. And the idea that a libertarian society or a truly free > > > market is going to copy mercantilistic devices from the > > > 'ancien regime' is unwarranted. > > > > > > > I'm not sure it's more unwarranted than the assumption that > > mercantilistic devices are always the wrong ones. > > > Are we talking about the same thing? Mercantilism is the system > in which business and government cooperate to loot consumers. > > From a libertarian point of view mercantilism (or corporatism if > you will) is wrong, 'by definition'. >
Yes, but when you say "mercantilistic device" I think "device used by mercantilism," not "device that is inherently mercantilistic by its nature". If you mean the latter, I don't think the generic concept of a corporation qualifies, since it's just "a group of people who have chosen to operate as a single entity and are recognized as such under some legal system, voluntary or otherwise". > > > > > > > > > I'm not surprised that Sean said that though, since Sean > > > has a rather 'naive' view about current fascist 'institutions' like > > > apple, facebook, uber, the tor project and other jewels from > > > the establishment's crown. > > > > > > > My view has been slowly shifting toward a more left anarchist one. > > But it can only go so far before I have to quit my job at Google to > > avoid feeling like too much of a hypocrite. > > Haha - thanks for the disclaimer =P > > > >
