Back in the early 70s there was a yogi making the rounds (it may have been Satyananda) in USA who in an interview was asked if the lack of The State he envisioned would lead to chaos. He replied "You have chaos now."
I had think that over way back when.
I recently listened to an interview of Hans Herman Hoppe. When the interviewer posited "The State protects us and leaves a space in which we can meet our potential", aka the social contract, Hoppe defended private law. Very good. He might have examined the putative safe space. The interviewer expressed the common delusion that The State makes life safe for us.
And it is in that very space where regardless of The State or no state, when we engage in business, that we meet our fullest potential by serving others, naturally, since business is inherently personal transformation ordered to the good of the other. We do good things for other people, where what we offer is more important to them than their money.
As Hoppe would say, the spontaneous cooperation we find in business is private law, and anarchy brings order wherever we find it.
As Hoppe would say, the spontaneous cooperation we find in business is private law, and anarchy brings order wherever we find it.
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2 comments:
I agree on anarchy (no king) being beneficial and desireable. But I still do not think it could ever be implanted practically on a national large-scale (like replacing the U.S. federal government). Can this be done in reality?
When people have power and control over other people, bad things tend to happen:
Power can turn human beings into monsters:
https://tucker.liberty.me/power-can-turn-human-beings-into-monsters/
"How much does prison, and the power of being a prison guard, transform a person? It can turn a sweet student into a tyrannical despot in less than a day. That’s the message I took from the experiment. None of us are above it. Power over others is the evil golden ring, something that reaches deep within the darkest regions of our soul to find the foulest of all longings and bring them to the surface."
"Power is such a corrupting force in the human heart that it can overcome the best intentions, the most earnest ethical training, the strongest faith in transcendence, and even the meekest of temperaments. Power is the devil that destroys all that is good and puts pure malice in its place. The replacement of power is a human priority for peace and well being."
"But I still do not think it could ever be implanted practically on a national large-scale (like replacing the U.S. federal government). Can this be done in reality?"
Somehow retain and maintain the hegemon? Don't we want, be definition, to see it eclipsed by a free market, and have no opinion as to what that would look like, except generally peace, justice and prosperity?
John
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