tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post3147101653784306573..comments2024-03-16T17:47:07.792-04:00Comments on Stationary Waves: A Reductio Against Universal Basic IncomeRP Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-77665034206404028132019-03-23T10:43:57.894-04:002019-03-23T10:43:57.894-04:00I don’t think you even need to make the reductio a...I don’t think you even need to make the reductio argument to illustrate that arguing the libertarian viewpoint is, ultimately, less satisfying than one would like. Libertarians generally agree that national defense and enforcing property rights are appropriate government functions. But once you part the tent for those exceptions, what keeps the whole camel out? A Democrat will argue that she thinks the whole panoply of government support services meet the same criteria as national defense and police powers. And then it just devolves into what? Pragmatism?<br /><br />David Friedman was also bothered, I think, by this issue and is why he addresses it in his discussion of how anarcho-capitalism could work in The Machinery of Freedom. But bringing up that scenario in a pedestrian discussion with typical political adherents is likely to lead to a speedy dismissal as a kook.<br />Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784007044122782283noreply@blogger.com