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From: robg@mmintl.UUCP (Robert Goldman)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Problems with libertarianism.:"coercion" re to jj
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Date: Thu, 23-May-85 10:24:11 EDT
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	The discussion of the speed limit or lack thereof in Germany seems
to illustrate the difficulties libertarianism has with issues of social
cost.  As I understand it (and you are free to correct me if I am wrong),
the motivating force behind the imposition of speed limits in Germany is
neither safety nor fuel conservation, but pollution control.  Germany has a
very bad acid rain problem, especially in the Black Forest, and I had read
that this was what caused agitation for a speed limit.  It seems to me that
issues like this, involving scarce resources `owned' by society at large
(e.g., the water supply, the atmosphere), are issues which libertarianism
has a great deal of difficulty coping with.

					Robert Goldman
					A Motorcyclist @MultiMate Int'l.
"Drive Safely and considerately; the life you save may be my own."

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