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A Genuine Check and Balance: Privatize Law and Order

A Genuine Check and Balance: Privatize Law and Order

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This article has been reprinted with permission from Fake Noûs, the official Substack of Michael Huemer.   Here, I explain the anarcho-capitalist solution to the basic social problem (from fakenous): Recap from two previous posts:  - The basic problem of human social life: People are selfish. How do we stop them causing enormous amounts of harm to others, to benefit themselves?  - A traditional solution: Have a government to police the people.  - The basic problem of government: Government officials are selfish. How do we stop them from causing enormous amounts of harm to others, to...

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Michael Huemer

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than seventy academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as eight amazing books that you should immediately buy: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Huemer/e/B001H6GHNU.



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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

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From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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