Iceland did not have a condition of Anarchy for more than a year at any time. Anarchy has always promptly degenerated into Force-Initiating Agencies. That doesn't mean it can't be rigged up correctly, but it never has so far.
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Lee Wilson" <dennisleewil...@...> wrote: > > Iceland collapsed in the year 1262, 290 years after it was founded. > Roderick Long points out that it only took 85 years for the United > States to have its first civil war. That Iceland lasted so long is > impressive. > > The collapse did not occur until after almost three centuries of > relatively peaceful living had gone by. Roderick T. Long states, "We > should be cautious in labeling as a failure a political experiment that > flourished longer than the United States has even existed." > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Lee Wilson" > <dennisleewilson@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Zack Bass" zakbas@ > > wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > It will exist longer than Anarchy can exist! The arrangement that > > has been PROVEN over and over to be almost immediately unstable is > > Anarchy! No condition of Anarchy has ever persisted for more than a > > year without degenerating into Authoritarianism. > > > > > > Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government > > > > > > by Thomas Whiston > > > > [Posted December 25, 2002] > > > > [0] > > > > Those who claim that government is the source of social order say that > > in its absence there would be violence, chaos, and a low standard of > > living. They cite civil wars in Africa, drug wars in South America, or > > even Gengis Khan in Mongolia. They claim that these things, which are > > actually examples of competing governments, are what life without > > government will produce. > > > > Another common objection to stateless legal enforcement systems is to > > ask for "just one example of where it has worked." > > > > Medieval Iceland illustrates an actual and well-documented historical > > example of how a stateless legal order can work and it provides > insights > > as to how we might create a more just and efficient society today. > > > > continued here: > > http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1121 > > <http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1121> > > >
