RE: Why Anarcho-Capitalism Is a Canard and Its Implications for Atheism
January 18, 2017 at 10:49 pm
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2017 at 10:52 pm by log.)
(January 18, 2017 at 10:45 pm)Aegon Wrote: After 6 pages I still fail to see how any of this relates to atheism.
Does atheism have an alternative foundation for social order to appeal to in order to solve the obvious society-negating consequences of private property?
If not, that is a good reason to look elsewhere than atheism for a solution to the collapse of society into totalitarianism and war.
(January 18, 2017 at 10:48 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 10:42 pm)log Wrote: I submit that the source of conflict is actually the issuance of threats to control others' behavior.Meh. People rob pacifists too. Threats need not be made for groups or individuals to fight over some resource.
Quote:That is, we are imposing our will upon others in order to control agents as though they were not agents by use of threats. But agents don't like being treated as non-agents, therefore they rebel.AKA "some people don't like the rules"? / shrugs
Threats or actual execution of violence. People typically find threats to be lower cost than actual violence and will generally try them first.
With respect to your second, I submit that the social order implied here is kinda nasty. Better hope one is on everyone's good side, right?
