tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post2707993256442603355..comments2023-06-14T13:02:34.478+00:00Comments on Christian anarcho-capitalism: Protection from fraudDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13648455920746427079noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-72042919188188479772008-03-06T15:25:00.000+00:002008-03-06T15:25:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902618643180216675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-91420535482062386302007-12-04T21:19:00.000+00:002007-12-04T21:19:00.000+00:00jdavidb is correct.This fallacy that private corpo...jdavidb is correct.<BR/><BR/>This fallacy that private corporations will rule the world and make you their slave is bogus, to put it kindly. Only governments have that power to monopolize and COERCE cooperation with their system via force. In the society he describes, people will be free to negotiate with whomever they want and competition will ultimately provide a better service. Ultimately, corporations won't be able to have this 'power' you speak of unless private individuals voluntarily give them this power, which can be revoked at any time their needs are no longer satisfied; government coerces people into accepting their power, and is distinguished in being the only entity able to do so.ChristBringsLiberty02920https://www.blogger.com/profile/01322307095991538799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-30748555318346582212007-12-03T18:05:00.000+00:002007-12-03T18:05:00.000+00:00One issue you missed that is currently either unav...One issue you missed that is currently either unavailable, or not financially viable, is the option to take fraud insurance on a transaction. It also makes sense to take negative outcome insurance (which I believe is illegal in the U.S.) against both fraud and mistakes.<BR/><BR/>If you feel you might be defrauded in a transaction, you can purchase insurance for the amount you're fearful of risking. The insurer would then rate the person/company you're buying from, and offer insurance at a certain price (or not at all, if the risk is too high).<BR/><BR/>This would work for any product or service, including medical operations.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we do have SOME negative outcome insurance in the form of extended warranties and certain insurances available, but they're limited in some ways. Some credit card companies also offer minimal "fraud" insurance, but again it isn't available at various levels of need versus risk. It's an all-or-nothing provision because many of us rely on government to tackle fraud, when in fact the market already does a better job.<BR/><BR/>I was defrauded once a few years ago in a service transaction, and I back-charged the transaction through my credit card company and they paid me back 80% of my costs. It wasn't the best solution, but it worked, and I didn't need to sue anyone. The person who defrauded me lost their merchant account because they defrauded many individuals, so the market solved it fairly efficiently.A.B. Dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486078788366879664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-2755140165164075162007-12-03T15:19:00.000+00:002007-12-03T15:19:00.000+00:00To simplify: why would private entities that repla...To simplify: why would private entities that replace a government have a tendency to get huge and ungainly and corrupt, when anyone would have the right to start an <I>honest</I> competitor which would compete them into the dust?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13648455920746427079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-61262412117709286572007-12-03T15:18:00.000+00:002007-12-03T15:18:00.000+00:00It's not the same thing if done privately instead ...It's not the same thing if done privately instead of by government. The difference is that if the government fails to serve you, you can't go contract with an alternate provider. In a real-world system of freedom, you could go deal with someone else to take care of you. The difference is that government, as we know it, is a monopoly by definition. In a true free market, you make money and continue to exist by serving people. Not so in our monopoly system, where you continue to exist and make money no matter what.<BR/><BR/>The problem is not apathy. The problem is centralism. We're not supposed to force all of these decisions to be made for all people in one place. It does not and can not work. I agree that apathetic idiots should lose the right to vote, along with non-apathetic people, and people who are not idiots. Nobody should have the right to vote. Nobody should possess the power that government grants through democracy: the power to control your neighbor (other than the simple power to protect your rights from violation by your neighbor). This is immmoral, and what's more, it's damaging and causes all of the problems we see with the system.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13648455920746427079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722605095927533131.post-44684894077437027992007-12-03T07:24:00.000+00:002007-12-03T07:24:00.000+00:00It all works out to exactly the same thing, no mat...It all works out to exactly the same thing, no matter what your form of government or worldview is.<BR/><BR/>The US government is huge and ungainly and corrupt. If you replace the US government with a privately held corporation you have <EM>exactly the same problems</EM>, exactly the same tendency to get huge and ungainly and corrupt, minus the illusion of democracy.<BR/><BR/>The real problem is that most people are apathetic idiots, and the average American is getting more apathetic and more stupid. The closest thing to a solution is for apathetic idiots to lose their right to influence the situation, i.e., in our current situation, their right to vote. But most of the non-apathetic non-idiots won't feel this is right, and most of the rest of them rely on the apathetic idiots to get their side more power.<BR/><BR/>It all boils down to the same thing, no matter what machinations you choose.75th Trombonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679998633997706832noreply@blogger.com