It occurred in Montreal, 1968- From Steven Pinker's THE BLANK SLATEpic.twitter.com/6SauQJGjet
We'd get local warlords & mercenaries skirmishing for exploitable territories where the citizens pay over half their income in protection money. The reinvention of feudalism, in other words.https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1268946405025972225 …
-
-
-
Broadly agree but this feels a little unfair, in that it's not an equilibrium. If you're riding a bike and it suddenly disappeared, you'd get hurt, but this does not mean that non-bike-riding is sure to result in injury. Consider also places that are/were long term police-free
- 2 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
You'd eventually get a strong warlord who conquered a large territory and imposed law and order within it, using a police force, because law and order is more efficient than chaos and infighting. That's how we got civilization.
-
Perhaps, but many wouldn‘t make it to eventually parts of the world still aren’t there even more would lose most of their worldly possessions How about we skip all that and keep the civilization we’ve already got?
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
And, according to Nozick, eventually, one warlord would secure a monopoly over a territory, and you will have a State again.
-
And some of these states may form alliances, merge to form a kingdom. Sounds exciting.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
It baffles me that so many seem to think the people who make up human history were fundamentally different in some way.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Just look to Rio's hills, dominated by narcotraffic warlords and police-linked paramillitary groups (milicians, as we call them) and you can see what a society without police looks like.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
You're describing government and government officials.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
The left is smart about a lot of things but they often seem stunted when it comes to trying to visualize the absence of a thing they think is bad
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.