In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Bedding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> No - free market anarchists believe that the natural law should >> be enforced by private agencies. > >The market has no "should".
Irrelevant to my point. My comment was a refutation of a poster who apparently believed that free market anarchists did wish not wish to legal protection against crime, and had never addressed this issue. >The market will act as it sees >appropriate, according to supply and demand. > >If some people think the market will fit into their timescales, >they are wrong. > Who said anything about "timescales", and what is the relevance of this observation? >You can only claim that the state is obsolete if you can >prove that the market will function in a particular way. > > Well, a century or so of scientific economics - of which you seem unaware - has proven exactly how it functions. There is no reason to believe that it cannot provide law and protective services (and, indeed, there are historical examples of it doing so). >> By making them prosperous and by supplying medical services on >> the market. > >More prognostications. Based on scientific economics, unlike your prognostications. Why do you, and the original poster, think that the market will not provide medical services (if it is allowed to do, of course. In reality the medical profession and the state has largely prevented it from doing so.) > Once again, the market has its own >timescale. It will only get rid of the poor if it finds that >to be in its benefit. > Prognostications that reveal an utter ignorance of economics. The free market - a word for a state of freedom in which individuals produce and trade freely - has been shown in theory and practice to maximise the wealth of all, and to eradicate poverty. Individuals seeking their personal benefit by trade and production benefit each other. >The market is not a socialist entity. > Indeed it isn't, although your comments speak of it as if it is. Dr. Chris R. Tame, Director The Libertarian Alliance Suite 35 2 Lansdowne Row Mayfair London W1J 6HL Tel: 0870 2421712 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LA Web Site: http://www.libertarian.co.uk Free Life Web Site: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/freelife The Hampden Press Website: http://www.hampdenpress.co.uk LA Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum "The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom is Courage". Pericles' Funeral Oration (431BC) _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
