tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post2685652998271255336..comments2023-10-03T12:32:51.778-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Street Pharmacist: Property rightsDivemedichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-18035706734565922622011-06-19T11:10:09.058-04:002011-06-19T11:10:09.058-04:00A corporation is an entity. It is a fictional pers...A corporation is an entity. It is a fictional person, in that it can own property, and it can be sued. It is a facade that protects the true owner of the property from legal liability.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-70404156949079879102011-06-17T14:40:41.740-04:002011-06-17T14:40:41.740-04:00Corporations are contracts. The only thing the go...Corporations are contracts. The only thing the government does is say, "Yes, this exists and here is the record of it." Anything else is unnecessary.<br /><br />I don't envision private police as we have police currently. We don't really need more than detectives, and private security forces in some instances (or just because you can afford it). <br /><br />As for fire departments, I said a subscription service, not just a bunch of random companies running around. There would be those too, but it would be the property owners responsibility to keep them from trespassing. <br /><br />Arbitration works just fine if both parties can find an objective arbiter. Hell, why have just one? Have many, and pick one at random when needed. Pick a random person or group of persons off the street and pay them to hear out both sides and argue it before them. Having one organization that does it all, or most of it, is what causes the problem. <br /><br />Mainly, I'm just bouncing ideas around here. I don't necessarily see the need to remove government entirely, I just would like to severely trim it up to and including rewriting the entire legal code, including common law, starting from a very short set of principles. It would be an immense task, and frankly I don't think it'll ever happen on the large scale. The small scale is another matter though.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-83077115951026919782011-06-17T07:51:25.702-04:002011-06-17T07:51:25.702-04:00Wow, a lot here to address:
1. A corporation exis...Wow, a lot here to address:<br /><br />1. A corporation exists only because the government says it does. A corporation is a legal "person" created entirely by the law. It is the essence of government intrusion.<br /><br />2 Private police was tried and did not work. The cops would inevitably side with the person with the most money. <br /><br />3 Private fire was tried and did not work, either. (Do you know what a "bucket man" is?)<br /><br />4 Arbitration does not work. The arbitration clauses that were in credit agreements were decided by the NAF, and they decided in favor of the bank over 90% of the time. Fundamentally unfair.<br /><br />You are living in a fantasy world.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-73330122023291676392011-06-16T22:46:02.668-04:002011-06-16T22:46:02.668-04:00I'm not sure why one needs government to form ...I'm not sure why one needs government to form a corporation, except as the codifier of contract law.<br /><br />Police and fire departments don't have to be government entities, and I'd much prefer they were a subscription service. As for banks, that's contract law again. You need someone to codify it, and I think that could be an appropriate role for a representative government. As far as arbitrating disputes and enforcing the conclusions of that arbitration those things should be addressed in the individual contracts.<br /><br />I don't want government interfering period, whether it's to my benefit or not. I'm willing to be discriminated against, and have my ignorance taken advantage of if I don't keep up with exactly what's going on.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.com