Libertarian economic theory does not even try to prevent oligarchs. But with out the force of government and guns oligarchs can not form or survive. It is your "rules" that allow the oligarchs to form and thrive. Oligarchs survive only by the use of force. When men are not forced into what you want them to be, you will find that there would not be any oligarchs. I am much more "progressive" than you could ever hope to be because I believe that no man should be forced to be sub-servant to any other man and any man who would use force to make another man do his biding should forfeit the right to life. No one has the "right" to the products of another man and it you want the products I produce you will trade honestly with me. When you try to force me to provide those products to anyone who wants them you will find that I will no longer produce and those who you wished to be the beneficiaries of my production will starve to death or learn to produce the things themselves. The "self correcting system" you want is called freedom and the "equalizing force" you wish to see is honest work. When you empower the moochers in anyway what you get is the "Oligarchs" you decry. Like the monks in France I believe that man was born with "FREE WILL" and has the right to do or not to do as long as they do not try to force others to do for them and unlike the "pope" I do not believe that he or any others have the right to force me to produce for their benefit. I would forfeit "life" before I would produce against my "FREE WILL" for the benefit of any others unless it was because I wanted the others to trade with me. You and your "Progressive" friends wish to force me under the threat of death to produce for the "looters" of others property and souls. I will no do it. You and your "Progressive" friends are the cause of the "oligarchs" you claim to despise because you will use the force of guns and the threat of death to gain what you wish for yourself and the "LESS FORTUNATE". "Give me liberty or give me death" screw the "Less Fortunate". Make them earn what they get. JOHN WAYNE SMITH LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA - 2010 203 W. Magnolia Street, Leesburg, Florida 34748 Phone 352 787 5550 E Mail _jwsmith42...@aol.com_ (mailto:jwsmith42...@aol.com) Web Site _http://www.JohnWayne4Gov.com_ (http://www.JohnWayne4Gov.com) In a message dated 6/12/2010 7:34:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bottomlinejim2...@gmail.com writes:
How, exactly, does Libertarian economic theory prevent oligarchs? It seems to me that without rules, those who start off at the top will have an unfair advantage and will take over industry. I just think that sometimes, there must be an equalizing force for the self directing and self correcting system to work. That's why we have left-right, male-female, etc.
