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Subject: Community of Nations
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Date: Sun, 17-Aug-86 15:26:59 EDT
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If we move up one level of abstraction, we can discuss the pros and
cons of the libertarian ideology with respect to the community
(i.e.society, group...whatever term you wished to use to describe such
a set) of nations that we now have on earth.  Such a society has a
free market economic system and no effective government (the U.N.
doesn't make and can't enforce laws).  Nations have sovereign rights.
Nations "own" land.  But there is no effective judicial system to
resolve conflicts between nations.  This leads to nations resolving
conflicts by force, coercion or negotiation.  There are nations that
are rich, poor, powerful, weak, religious, secular, etc.  Charity is
voluntary.  There is no taxation.

Question: Will the libertarian system of government work for such a
          society?


Willie
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