[LibertarianEnterprise] Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government

2009-08-16 Thread Dennis Lee Wilson
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Zack Bass zak...@... 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

[LibertarianEnterprise] Re: Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government

2009-08-16 Thread Dennis Lee Wilson
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

[LibertarianEnterprise] TLE #532 now on the web

2009-08-16 Thread Ken Holder
The Libertarian Enterprise Official Journal of the National Recall Coordinating Committees Issue 532, August 16, 2009 This issue's Motto: Their real object is to control you and deny you joy. http://www.ncc-1776.org/ THE WEEKLY CARTOON: Fool? by Rex May r...@mac.com http://www.baloocartoons.com

[LibertarianEnterprise] Re: Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government

2009-08-16 Thread Zack Bass
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Lee Wilson dennisleewil...@... wrote: ... 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

[LibertarianEnterprise] Re: Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government

2009-08-16 Thread Zack Bass
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