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TheGuySwann | 21 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I highly suspect his opinion about Covid would be very different after seeing it in practice. But the other things are generally sensible, but they also do not necessitate that he isn’t an anarchist.

Example: I would probably answer similarly, despite being an anarschist. But it’s not because I support the govt being in control of these things, it’s because I think we still lack the technology to truly secure these things *against* government. I think liberty is ultimately a technology problem, and there are still many more parts of it to decentralize in both a physical and cultural sense. I think we will, it seems to be the indefinite march of technology itself, but that doesn’t mean I think the best course of action is to eradicate everything tomorrow morning.

That said, Milton was pretty open in being a minimalist. So I’m not disagreeing. He clearly was. Still think he was brilliant and i envy his incredible ability to explain things. I hope to be as clear as him one day.
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Mike Dilger | 19 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I personally believe that the government does have a role in preventing contagion, just like they have a role in preventing crime and preventing war and preventing the risk of people who drive too fast.  One person putting excessive risk on another against that other's will.... that is a valid purpose of government.  Of course the specifics would be a mess to work out... how fast is driving too fast?  how bad of a disease does it have to be for the government to quarantine you?  how big of a gun is too big?  The fact that I posit these questions means I'm not a minimalist libertarian/anarchist.  It means I don't believe that we have as a species worked out how to co-exist in peace without some form of dominance hierarchy (government officials have power over plebians) oppressing us all.  If you have worked out a better solution I'm all ears because government sucks compared to free markets.. But a lack of government sucks more.

What happened wrong with COVID was that they all over-reacted to a minor disease (because they secretly knew it was from weapons research and that freaked them out) and decided to coerce people to take a risky rapidly developed medical product.