From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 13 16:41:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF48D37B64F for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:41:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA33992; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:39:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:39:56 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Jamie Lawrence Cc: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <20000313193955.A33859@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <20000304233500.A15262@thirdage.com> <20000304132611.B48777@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <4.2.2.20000304091423.040b5590@localhost> <20000304132611.B48777@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <4.2.2.20000306003715.041255e0@localhost> <4.2.0.58.20000313145538.03102620@mail.thirdage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20000313145538.03102620@mail.thirdage.com>; from jal@ThirdAge.com on Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 02:59:07PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 02:59:07PM -0800, Jamie Lawrence wrote: > At 12:41 AM 3/6/00 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > >At 12:35 AM 3/5/2000 , Jamie A. Lawrence wrote: > > > > >This from a serious anarchist who wants to see private roads everywhere. > > > >If you are either an anarchist or a Libertarian, you would most likely > >NOT like to see what would happen if this were so. Instead of ELECTED > >government, you would be subject to the tyranny of private empires and > >fiefdoms, which are far worse. In almost every case where vital > >infrastructure is privatized, the new boss isn't the same as the old > >boss -- he's dramatically worse. > > > Very late response... and extremely off topic, even for -chat. > > You seem to be extremely confused about the definition of anarchism > and {l,L}ibertarianism. I'm not going to educate you on -chat, though. > > > >If everyone payed a private entity to get to work, we'd see a saner > > >commute schedule. > > > >You'd be stopping every mile to pay a troll. > > Such unfortunate phrasing... But no, anyone who annoyed customers > that much would find themselves routed around. No, that's the reason private roads would not work. It is too capital intensive for multiple entities to build parallel roads from A to B. Once one company would build a road, it would be absolutely foolish for someone else to spend the money to build another. In _very_ "densely populated" areas (say like LA), it might be possible multiple companies to control routes between A and B that are competitive. However, you would still need to have gov't in there preventing monopolies or price fixing; you're back where you started. The barrier to new groups entering the market is just too high. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message