Message from @RyeNorth
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yeah its not too different from a state, it's just not a monopoly on coercion over a geographical zone and subject to market competition, but yeah other than that it's basically a government
Our Constitution already allows for that.
a lot of ancaps make a strong distinction between a state and a government, they say they actually want a government, but not a state
but i kind of end up using the terms interchangeably
So ancaps change definitions to suit their purposes...
*sigh*
But you do have a monopoloy on force over a certain geographical area
everyone fights over definitions tbh
Otherwise how would you control your property
When in doubt I resort to a dictionary...
yeah thats fair, but statists have an easier time calling dibs on a continent than private actors
```Definition of state
a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially : one that is sovereign```
So you arent against states
you just want more smaller ones as opposed to larger ones
With the US constitution, we came SO DAMNED CLOSE to getting something right.
What we have presently goes entirely against the constitution it's based on
That's why I'm a reformist. I want to see it enforced as it was meant to be.
could we try to avoid semantics a bit
We *could* but that would just be a point for you.
I do understand that you are against the monopoly on force
lol ok im not your boss
The only thing you can do with monopolies is break them up
Holding companies shouldn't be a thing, for one thing.
im not even sure you could have a solid set of definitions if a language itself is inherently ambiguous
We have books for that.
This game has rules.
yeah and i think market competition breaks up monopolies, while traditional governments causes them to form
DnD has the core rulebook, we have dictionaries.
corporations seems to inherit the monopoly aspect of the state through lobbying and regulatory capture and so on
even government contracting
Oh absolutely. it's disgusting.
When you think of just how much power Google has
i believe this is absolutely inevitable as long as people have a belief that the state is necessary
You start to see where the archetypal Cyber-Punk dystopia comes from.
States can be reformed.
We have a process. if we could just get people to use it
and it'd be a hell of a lot easier to do that than to convince people that a state isn't needed.
with a hell of a lot less bloodshed, too.
well good luck
Yeah, I know. You don't think a descent down that path would be bloody. If you don't think that would be the case, you miss just how unprincipled most people are.