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100 years ago was a much more libertarian existance

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:59 am
by MSimon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb1mfRD17E8#t=794

Russia Today show.

Until 1914, a sensible law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and scarcely notice the existence of the state beyond the post office and policemen ... -AJP Taylor

Dominic Frisby (from the video) - "If wars were fought on a cash basis they couldn't exist."

They would be extremely limited in any case.

Prison's for profit is touched on. They wouldn't be profitable without prohibition.

The book:
Life After the State

Re: 100 years ago was a much more libertarian existance

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:00 pm
by Schneibster
Yep: nasty, brutish, and short.