Thanks for this post. I've seen this before and understand Hoppe's logic. It is appealing. It supports the non-violent resolution of conflict in a logical way that is consistent with human nature and seems best suited to improving the wealth and well being of the human race. But I see no future in which most people will recognize this logic most of the time. The reality is that those with very short time preferences represent a large proportion of humans who continue to use might makes right. This suggests that politics may be as good as it gets. The extortion we pay politicians is the price for a relatively civil society since imprisoning them all would be impossible
"But I see no future in which most people will recognize this logic most of the time."
I like to hope that as man moves further away from living in caves and prosperity/his condition of living continues to improve in general(and across the globe), that he might collectively see the benefit of not interacting with each other on the basis of initiatory violence.
I think it's reasonable to have such a hope for the future under the above context, when the need for shelter/food/life's basic necessities have subsided more. Unfortunately, neither of us will probably be around to see who's right in the long run.
Thanks for this post. I've seen this before and understand Hoppe's logic. It is appealing. It supports the non-violent resolution of conflict in a logical way that is consistent with human nature and seems best suited to improving the wealth and well being of the human race. But I see no future in which most people will recognize this logic most of the time. The reality is that those with very short time preferences represent a large proportion of humans who continue to use might makes right. This suggests that politics may be as good as it gets. The extortion we pay politicians is the price for a relatively civil society since imprisoning them all would be impossible
ReplyDelete"But I see no future in which most people will recognize this logic most of the time."
DeleteI like to hope that as man moves further away from living in caves and prosperity/his condition of living continues to improve in general(and across the globe), that he might collectively see the benefit of not interacting with each other on the basis of initiatory violence.
I think it's reasonable to have such a hope for the future under the above context, when the need for shelter/food/life's basic necessities have subsided more. Unfortunately, neither of us will probably be around to see who's right in the long run.
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