Are you planning to write about Dr. Hans Hermann Hoppe's thoughts on monarchy and democracy? Your critique of the anti-immigration "anarcho-capitalist counterfactuals" argument of Hoppe and the paleolibertarians influenced by him was very revealing.Ceteris paribus, can we say that privately owned governments, such as absolute monarchies and aristocracies, are better than democracies for libertarian purposes?And my second question. Could privately owned decentralized governments, such as city-states ruled by monarchies and aristocracies, be better than the great modern western democracies? I think Dr. Hoppe's argument works for stable and very small states. Because the motivations of such states to govern may be similar to the motivations of the owner of a private neighborhood or city in an anarcho-capitalist order. Because we can easily use the vote by foot option.
Hoppe's argument on that point convinced me that he was not to be taken seriously. It would entail that the government of, say, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or Russia, was more libertarian than that of England between the Napoleonic Wars and the Great War.
As for "voting by foot," that seems to apply in some measure in republics, at least those with federal structures. Moving out of one city to another, or out of one county or state to another, surely has effects comparable to those you cite between small private governments. An interesting empirical question would be the degree to which it's effective in different situations.
Are you planning to write about Dr. Hans Hermann Hoppe's thoughts on monarchy and democracy? Your critique of the anti-immigration "anarcho-capitalist counterfactuals" argument of Hoppe and the paleolibertarians influenced by him was very revealing.Ceteris paribus, can we say that privately owned governments, such as absolute monarchies and aristocracies, are better than democracies for libertarian purposes?And my second question. Could privately owned decentralized governments, such as city-states ruled by monarchies and aristocracies, be better than the great modern western democracies? I think Dr. Hoppe's argument works for stable and very small states. Because the motivations of such states to govern may be similar to the motivations of the owner of a private neighborhood or city in an anarcho-capitalist order. Because we can easily use the vote by foot option.
Hoppe's argument on that point convinced me that he was not to be taken seriously. It would entail that the government of, say, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or Russia, was more libertarian than that of England between the Napoleonic Wars and the Great War.
As for "voting by foot," that seems to apply in some measure in republics, at least those with federal structures. Moving out of one city to another, or out of one county or state to another, surely has effects comparable to those you cite between small private governments. An interesting empirical question would be the degree to which it's effective in different situations.
Love it! And I agree - let them be the adults for a few minutes. Ties back to your other post on giving opportunities for responsibilities