@drethelin @oddblots Private monopolies would do all those things and more if they hadn't been suppressed by Leviathan
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Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness @oddblots any monopoly that does those things is to me pretty indistinguishable from government2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin @oddblots Except that private monopolies are destroyed and replaced by deep competition, governments aren't (unless by war).3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots Government monopolies are in in interesting place re: deep competition with cryptocurrencies and p2p law.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@ProfessorZaius@drethelin @oddblots Great point, but when governments incentivize deep competition to destroy them, things get messy.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Outsideness
@ProfessorZaius@drethelin @oddblots ... as they almost certainly are about to.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots It all depends on the way you're defining government. You don't actually think that monopolies on the>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots legitimate use of violence over an area are going to be destroyed, do you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@ProfessorZaius@drethelin @oddblots It's hard to say. When gov't security monopolies refuse to stick to their knitting, they risk collapse.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots And by knitting, you mean enforcement of contracts between individuals and corporations only?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ProfessorZaius @drethelin @oddblots ... and national security (tightly defined).
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