TLDR: go read Friedman's "The Machinery of Freedom", and/or a history of the Icelandic free state, paying attention to the part about gothis but, if you don't have time for that: >>>https://twitter.com/jeffpicard/status/1190361969779527686 …
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2/ in the ancap vision, a legal service provider is your interface to all legal squabbles. Right now we all "subscribe" to one big one, the USG. In the ancap vision, I might subscribe to X, you might subscribe to Y. If I an another X subscriber have a squabble, X arbitrates.
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3/ If I, an X subscriber, and you, a Y subscriber, have a squabble, X and Y have teams that meet and settle the issue (perhaps through a court-like process, hosted by some third party Z). There's an argument that being legally legible / sue-able is a good thing bc it >>>
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4/ gives you skin in the game / demonstrate to others that you have skin in the game. If the law said that I had no way to sue you, how many loans would my bank make to you? answer: zero but if you CAN get sued, then you can enter into transactions. skin in the game
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5/ likewise, one might find it easier to find a spouse if that spouse knows that I have skin (perhaps ass skin) in the game, in the form of signing up for a service provider that will cane me if I stray.
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6/ Yep, have skimmed it.https://twitter.com/ManDaveJobGood/status/1190363162857525248 …
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7/ Digging through my Amazon history, I'll link to three books I read and enjoyedhttps://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1190363267362893827 …
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8/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786447273 … https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140291156 … https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141000031 …
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9/ Plus Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom https://www.amazon.com/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Capitalism/dp/0812690699 …
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10/ Plus Friedman's Law's Order, which is tangentially related https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691090092 …
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11/ Friedman's concept of ancap legal service providers is used by Vernor Vinge in his great short story "The Ungoverned" https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Stories-Vernor-Vinge/dp/0312875843/ …
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