Comments on: 6. “Is There an ‘Anomalous’ Section of the Laffer Curve?” http://libertarianpapers.org/2010/block-anomalous-laffer-curve/ An Online Journal for Libertarian Scholarship Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: geoih http://libertarianpapers.org/2010/block-anomalous-laffer-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-6453 geoih Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:47:04 +0000 http://libertarianpapers.org/?p=1303#comment-6453 I'm hardly a schooled philosopher, but I think Dr. Block's article highlights what I think is a possible practical axiom of libertarianism, that for it to be a truly practical basis for a society, it's other axioms (e.g., NAP) must be accepted by at least a majority, if not unanimously. A group of people (e.g., a socialist community) could always band together to defeat or destroy an individual, and individual libertarians (those accepting the NAP) would be precluded from responding in kind against the socialist community unless their own property or liberty was attacked. In this way, a socialist community could easily take over a libertarian community, one individual at a time. Consequently, I think that in the same way a criminal within a libertarian community surrenders his right to liberty upon committing a crime, individuals outside of a libertarian community do not necessarily enjoy the rights and priviledges of those within a libertarian community. I’m hardly a schooled philosopher, but I think Dr. Block’s article highlights what I think is a possible practical axiom of libertarianism, that for it to be a truly practical basis for a society, it’s other axioms (e.g., NAP) must be accepted by at least a majority, if not unanimously.

A group of people (e.g., a socialist community) could always band together to defeat or destroy an individual, and individual libertarians (those accepting the NAP) would be precluded from responding in kind against the socialist community unless their own property or liberty was attacked. In this way, a socialist community could easily take over a libertarian community, one individual at a time.

Consequently, I think that in the same way a criminal within a libertarian community surrenders his right to liberty upon committing a crime, individuals outside of a libertarian community do not necessarily enjoy the rights and priviledges of those within a libertarian community.

]]> By: Peter http://libertarianpapers.org/2010/block-anomalous-laffer-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-6451 Peter Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:39:48 +0000 http://libertarianpapers.org/?p=1303#comment-6451 Walter Thanks for your interesting article. Jessie Ventura is making a similar argument for a draft in Afghanistan. i.e: that a draft would lead to the end of the war. I wonder if he would accept the punishment for his advocacy? Walter

Thanks for your interesting article. Jessie Ventura is making a similar argument for a draft in Afghanistan. i.e: that a draft would lead to the end of the war. I wonder if he would accept the punishment for his advocacy?

]]> By: Jeff P Zacher http://libertarianpapers.org/2010/block-anomalous-laffer-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-6444 Jeff P Zacher Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:15 +0000 http://libertarianpapers.org/?p=1303#comment-6444 After reading this very entertaining essay I can only conclude, as a libertarian, that we must immediately Tax dissent. There has to be an optimal position on the Laffer Curve that would tell us how to maximize dissent through taxation. After reading this very entertaining essay I can only conclude, as a libertarian, that we must immediately Tax dissent. There has to be an optimal position on the Laffer Curve that would tell us how to maximize dissent through taxation.

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