tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post11312670555685131..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: Agorist Tobaccoo FarmersFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-78165520409316083502009-12-12T09:41:55.096-05:002009-12-12T09:41:55.096-05:00I find it strange that you mention nowhere existin...I find it strange that you mention nowhere existing Local Exchange Trading Systems like LETS and time dollars. These use interest free local currencies that have a value that is usually not attached to a national currency so that it is inflation proof. For example 1 Time dollar equals one hour of work regardless of inflation.<br />People trade services but also things they make themselves (bread, eggs, software...) or second hand stuff like what is traded on ebay.<br /><br />A potential problem with current systems i know of is that they can be infiltrated by the government but currently they are to small for the gvt to be bothered by them. But it should be possible to build more privacy into it;<br />In my experience these networks are currently popular with 2 groups of people environmentalists and jobless people. The environmentalists are mostly of the good kind, productive and wanting to help other people but possibly they are some communists.sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-84386737364392900732009-12-12T01:27:48.699-05:002009-12-12T01:27:48.699-05:00Anon 2, Government and The State essentially mean ...Anon 2, Government and The State essentially mean the same thing. It's the institution(s) mandated with creating and enforcing laws, rules and regulations with an explicit monopoly on violence.Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446295231976505695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-21647962228204028282009-12-08T06:18:10.169-05:002009-12-08T06:18:10.169-05:00Anon,
"I conclude that the state is an inten...Anon,<br /><br />"I conclude that the state is an intentional plan to ruin everyone lives and to create violence."<br /><br /><br />I agree, but we need to distinguish beteen government and State. Is it possible to have government without State. For me the State is created when the government takes on the Banking function and a taxation system to pay for it.<br /><br />Monarchy was always better at protecting people from the State than Structural Democratic State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-46519900263163128802009-12-07T14:13:13.730-05:002009-12-07T14:13:13.730-05:00The state creates violence by raising barriers to ...The state creates violence by raising barriers to entry into a particular industry.<br /><br />That industry then enjoys higher profits. This creates arbitraging opportunity which someone will take. (as long as no one takes it, the possible profit from arbitrage keeps rising, guaranteeing an eventual take). Once someone starts arbitraging by say selling cigarettes as in above example, the state must come in with violence to "solve" the situation it itself purposefully and shamefully created long time ago.<br /><br />I conclude that the state is an intentional plan to ruin everyone lives and to create violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com