tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post3414879449056483184..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Thoughts on "tax choice": is it just anarcho-capitalism?Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-43333729581271320022012-03-21T01:49:24.600-04:002012-03-21T01:49:24.600-04:00"they sound great on paper - but then you thi..."they sound great on paper - but then you think about it and there are all sorts of ways that it wouldn't work, in practice, with individual agents."<br /><br />So given my opinions, have I never "thought about it?" Or am I just defective?Mattheus von Guttenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404889240800715511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-13538279637099455792012-03-18T14:52:28.107-04:002012-03-18T14:52:28.107-04:00Thanks so much for the critique! It's really ...Thanks so much for the critique! It's really appreciated! Here's my response...<a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/03/daniel-kuehns-critique-of.html" rel="nofollow">Daniel Kuehn's Critique of Pragmatarianism</a>.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-69653481059321710532012-03-18T13:55:12.094-04:002012-03-18T13:55:12.094-04:00~~It's important to keep in mind that institut...~~It's important to keep in mind that institutions emerge and evolve naturally in human society. This is the sort of thing I'm refering [sic] to when I complain about "libertarian social engineering".~~<br /><br />And they emerge at least in part through the competition of ideas. "Libertarian social engineering" sounds a lot like what everyone does in a pluralistic society. <br /><br />~~You don't see the government funding indisputably private goods here...~~<br /><br />Seems to me such a claim leads down a definitional rathole at best. <br /><br />~~...namely to push some democratization and devolution.~~<br /><br />I see, so can we call this "Daniel Kuehn social engineering," just to be fair?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com