http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb1mfRD17E8#t=794
Russia Today show.
Until 1914, a sensible law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and scarcely notice the existence of the state beyond the post office and policemen ... -AJP Taylor
Dominic Frisby (from the video) - "If wars were fought on a cash basis they couldn't exist."
They would be extremely limited in any case.
Prison's for profit is touched on. They wouldn't be profitable without prohibition.
The book:
Life After the State
100 years ago was a much more libertarian existance
100 years ago was a much more libertarian existance
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
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Schneibster
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Re: 100 years ago was a much more libertarian existance
Yep: nasty, brutish, and short.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.