Sean Lynch wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:51:30 +1000
> > Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > even if those institutions are entirely
> > > > voluntary. I can imagine sets of institutions that would allow
> > > > corporations in a similar sense to how they exist now, i.e.
> > > > limited liability and some form of "personhood."
> > >
> > > 'limited liability' means that the owners of the company cannot be
> > > personally sued.
> >
> >
> > Yes. And the idea that a libertarian society or a truly free
> > market is going to copy mercantilistic devices from the
> > 'ancien regime' is unwarranted.
> >
>
> I'm not sure it's more unwarranted than the assumption that
> mercantilistic devices are always the wrong ones.
Are we talking about the same thing? Mercantilism is the system
in which business and government cooperate to loot consumers.
From a libertarian point of view mercantilism (or corporatism if
you will) is wrong, 'by definition'.
Yes, but when you say "mercantilistic device" I think "device used by mercantilism," not "device that is inherently mercantilistic by its nature". If you mean the latter, I don't think the generic concept of a corporation qualifies, since it's just "a group of people who have chosen to operate as a single entity and are recognized as such under some legal system, voluntary or otherwise".
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> > I'm not surprised that Sean said that though, since Sean
> > has a rather 'naive' view about current fascist 'institutions' like
> > apple, facebook, uber, the tor project and other jewels from
> > the establishment's crown.
> >
>
> My view has been slowly shifting toward a more left anarchist one.
> But it can only go so far before I have to quit my job at Google to
> avoid feeling like too much of a hypocrite.
Haha - thanks for the disclaimer =P