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> All three problems have the same effective solution: Break up the monopolies.

One thing here it's not clear to me: this include the monopoly of force holds by governments?




Keep in mind all of Weber's definition.

Government has a monopoly on the claim to legitimate use of force. All elements of this statement are crucial. The Libertarian objection neglects to consider "claim", "legitimate", and most aspects of "monopoly".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16953184


> Government has a monopoly on the claim to legitimate use of force. All elements of this statement are crucial.

I do agree and understand that, and I'm not a libertarian. My main issue here is that big governments has the same issues than big companies. We must break then all, not only big companies. My provocation was about that, not the use of force per si, so I may use the wrong words in the previous post.




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