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» We will fight them on the beaches!   2005-12-09 16:50 Ryan

So you want the government entirely out of the market and you want to privatise all public services (from your postings over the years this is kind of the idea I got).

Can I ask what happens to the poor in this society? Those who can't ever afford the beach, or even a privatised emergency services system? They would be at the mercy of the deregulated and arbitrary whims of their employers, no? And when that happens, are they entirely justified to sieze the property of the rich by force (who have their private police force)?

In an entirely deregulated society - free market and privatized services - I can't imagine it not descending into a class war.

Unless I'm missing something, but when libertarians talk about these societies - where do the poor fit in? Is it a spin on "survival of the fittest" or what (the society allows those with initiative to succeed, the rest can rot)?

Not attacking, just curious - I ask myself these questions everytime I see this kind of post.