underdog28

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I understand what you're saying, however in the podcast talking about police, he asks why police can arrest people, or ticket them, if others can't. He's saying that police are immoral, based off of the understanding that *B* can't take money from people, there for neither should the PEOPLE in the government. in this case, he is not allowing for a moral grey area. He has made the statement that ALL human morality must be universal. He has refused to accpet moral alterations. What he is saying is that a car take 97 octane gasoline, and there for a sports car that takes 93 CAN NOT be considered a car. Neither can a diesel, electric, bio-fuel, or any other form of fuel-powered "car". I feel there HAS to be differences in moral code from person to person. He claims that a world without government just "won't have violence, because it's not natural". The comparison is the bound feet of chineese woman. He says the human foot CAN be a ball, but only with force. In the same way the human mind CAN be violent, but with force. I feel similarly, but NOTHING is black and white. In the same way someone can be born with an extra toe, some people ARE more prone to violence. In a perfect world his theories hold water. However, that one person who has a psychopathic mind set will rule his world. His claim is that there is no violence in "my" life. I think that is because the violent people have the stick of a government. If it isn't, then why is it that in all the cases of government-less areas in the world today, there isn't perfect peace? I know that no where has a total lack of government, but there are areas (Like somalia, which I mentioned before) that have such a LACK of government, or at least lack of a functioning government, that we SHOULD be seeing at least SOME if his prodictions forming...

Let me start out by saying I'm really new to this whole website. I've gotten through about 7 podcasts (I'm going in order) This guy has some great ideas, and I agree with good chunk of what he's saying in reguards to current issues of governemnt. What I don't quite understand is how these DROs are expected to work. In the first podcast, Stefan mentions DROs are basically just "Contract enfocement agencies", but by the third podcast they're virtually totalitarian in their force. It's never explained how this happens. One issue I have is that he says someone truly wronged by a DRO decision (in the case of bribary) is respectable in his decision to go into the "Grey market". Then later he's saying leaving your DRO show criminal intent, and you will be hunted down, not allowed anywhere. After that podcast he's saying that'll only happen to murderers, but he never really answer the question of what happens if a DRO gets greedy. He also starts talking about crazy (Almost more than US governement) ammounts of burocrosy with DROs investigating other DROs and DROs sharing "No registered lists", and DROs being subject to other DRO rulings.... The blaring issue I have, though: If Jack isn't registered to a DRO, and 99% of other people ARE, what stops Jack from riding through town with a tank? He's well within his freedoms to do so, unchained by a DRO. My next question is about the "Universality of morality". He claims that morality MUST be uniform. He says what's good for Jim HAS to be good for jack, other wise the morality isn't valid. The example he give is: If you say a mammal is warm blooded, ALL animals that are warm blooded MUST be considered mammal, or the idea of "mammal" is invalidated. So, a car uses gasoline. Does that mean everything that uses gasoline MUST be considered a car? Does the existance of gas powered push lawn mowers invalidate the statement that cars use gasoline? What about giving someone milk? It's good to drink milk, there for milk must be good for everyone. But what about the lactose-intolerant? Does that mean no one should drink milk, because universal "good" must be maintained? The last thing I'd like to say in this post, is that he mentions Ebay is a DRO. However, ebay is still within a government. If there was no government, ebay may not be so effective. I don't think it's a valid argument, because you're still within the frame work of government. If you find a dro that works in somalia (or some other area like that), then it might be more valid.