Re: Off-topic: cultures and mysticism (was: Promotin g Lojban)

[Robin Turner <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

"Robert J. Chassell" wrote:

> From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
>
> engdahl@visa.com writes:
>
>    Actually, the libertarian believes that the purpose of government is served
>    in four areas: ...
>
> Yes..  But that misses two major practical issues: how do you handle
> highly powerful private groups, such as oligopolistic companies, and
> how do you handle what is called `intellectual property'?
>
> In the usual rendition, libertarianism is an insufficient statement of
> a government's policy.
>
> Put another way, how would you handle the requests of US railroads in
> the late 1860s for government regulation?  (This was before the
> request by users of railroads for regulation.  The Interstate Commerce
> Commission grew out of the latter request a generation after this
> first request.)
>
> Do you think the private caused and benefited seizures of property
> that occured were `good'?
>

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