I heard this story on NPR the other day and I found an audio file and article that supports it so everyone can read about it. Here's the link.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch...m_medium=Email&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=
The premise of this situation is fascinating because it basically demonstrates a solution to government corruption that philosophical libertarians have been proposing for years. If you don't want bad people taking over the government and using it to control everyone, destroy the government. Now, I'm sure many of you are like, that sounds like anarchy...and well it kind of is, on a small scale.
So, lets dig into the story.
Essentially what is happening here is that a person with some wealth and influence is moving into an area where he can buy up properties and use that wealth and influence to dominate the community. However, he can't really dominate the community unless he takes control of the city government and now has the power to use the force of law to make what he wants a reality. So, the community's possible decision is this...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...wn-mulls-threat-of-white-supremacist-takeover
Here's another take on the matter...
Forget for a moment that this tiny area in ND will be swallowed up and controlled by another government entity that already exists. The precedence here is interesting. People should rightly be concerned about rich and powerful people controlling their government and using it to get their way. In a free society where limits and money and speech are impossible without violating civil rights, there is nothing the average person can do to control whether or not someone can use their influence to take control of a government. On a large scale, we don't have to worry too much about one single person taking control of governments. But on a large scale, corporations, international banks, and other giant NGO's regularly threaten democratic traditions by subverting them and taking them over.
So, what would happen if people suddenly decided to dissolve government and take it over? Think about this tiny town in ND, so far away from any main roads, so far away from even country government that it's presence will hardly even be felt. Who will take care of the roads? Who will provide services? How will any money be collected in order to keep that society running? The people are going to have to figure this out without making any laws that force people to do what other people want.
And this Cobb guy, he can buy up the land and invite some people to live there with him, but without the government, he'll never have the ability to control this little society, to shape it to his will by using force.
Imagine what the world would look like if you took government away from Kings and Queens, Rockefellars and Rothchilds, Monsantos and Mercks. If the Ring of Power exists, these entities will always have the power to take control of it, but if you throw it into the Crack of Doom, this power disappears.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch...m_medium=Email&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=
The premise of this situation is fascinating because it basically demonstrates a solution to government corruption that philosophical libertarians have been proposing for years. If you don't want bad people taking over the government and using it to control everyone, destroy the government. Now, I'm sure many of you are like, that sounds like anarchy...and well it kind of is, on a small scale.
So, lets dig into the story.
Essentially what is happening here is that a person with some wealth and influence is moving into an area where he can buy up properties and use that wealth and influence to dominate the community. However, he can't really dominate the community unless he takes control of the city government and now has the power to use the force of law to make what he wants a reality. So, the community's possible decision is this...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...wn-mulls-threat-of-white-supremacist-takeover
Here's another take on the matter...
Forget for a moment that this tiny area in ND will be swallowed up and controlled by another government entity that already exists. The precedence here is interesting. People should rightly be concerned about rich and powerful people controlling their government and using it to get their way. In a free society where limits and money and speech are impossible without violating civil rights, there is nothing the average person can do to control whether or not someone can use their influence to take control of a government. On a large scale, we don't have to worry too much about one single person taking control of governments. But on a large scale, corporations, international banks, and other giant NGO's regularly threaten democratic traditions by subverting them and taking them over.
So, what would happen if people suddenly decided to dissolve government and take it over? Think about this tiny town in ND, so far away from any main roads, so far away from even country government that it's presence will hardly even be felt. Who will take care of the roads? Who will provide services? How will any money be collected in order to keep that society running? The people are going to have to figure this out without making any laws that force people to do what other people want.
And this Cobb guy, he can buy up the land and invite some people to live there with him, but without the government, he'll never have the ability to control this little society, to shape it to his will by using force.
Imagine what the world would look like if you took government away from Kings and Queens, Rockefellars and Rothchilds, Monsantos and Mercks. If the Ring of Power exists, these entities will always have the power to take control of it, but if you throw it into the Crack of Doom, this power disappears.
