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Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #894.
6 days ago · ‘Objectivist Criticisms of Anarcho-Capitalism’#894 · Dennis Hackethal, 6 days agoHarry Binswanger wrote a piece titled ‘Sorry Libertarian Anarchists, Capitalism Requires Government’ for Forbes, criticizing the libertarian position.
Force properly employed is used only in retaliation, but even when retaliatory, force merely eliminates a negative, it cannot create value.
That isn’t true.
People want protection and justice. Retaliatory force does not merely eliminate a negative. Restoring and producing justice is a value.
Retaliating against one burglar can scare off ten others. The value that’s created here far exceeds the negative which the burglar created.