On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:11 PM juan <[1]juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:

     Sean Lynch wrote:
     > > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:51:30 +1000
     > > Zenaan Harkness <[2]zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
     > >
     > >
     > > > > even if those institutions are entirely
     > > > > voluntary. I can imagine sets of institutions that would
     allow
     > > > > corporations in a similar sense to how they exist now, i.e.
     > > > > limited liability and some form of "personhood."
     > > >
     > > > 'limited liability' means that the owners of the company
     cannot be
     > > > personally sued.
     > >
     > >
     > >         Yes. And the idea that a libertarian society or a truly
     free
     > >         market is going to copy mercantilistic devices from the
     > > 'ancien regime' is unwarranted.
     > >
     >
     > I'm not sure it's more unwarranted than the assumption that
     > mercantilistic devices are always the wrong ones.
             Are we talking about the same thing? Mercantilism is the
     system
             in which business and government cooperate to loot
     consumers.
             From a libertarian point of view mercantilism (or
     corporatism if
             you will) is wrong, 'by definition'.

   Yes, but when you say "mercantilistic device" I think "device used by
   mercantilism," not "device that is inherently mercantilistic by its
   nature". If you mean the latter, I don't think the generic concept of a
   corporation qualifies, since it's just "a group of people who have
   chosen to operate as a single entity and are recognized as such under
   some legal system, voluntary or otherwise".

     >
     >
     > >         I'm not surprised that Sean said that though, since Sean
     > > has a rather 'naive' view about current fascist 'institutions'
     like
     > >         apple, facebook, uber, the tor project and other jewels
     from
     > >         the establishment's crown.
     > >
     >
     > My view has been slowly shifting toward a more left anarchist one.
     > But it can only go so far before I have to quit my job at Google
     to
     > avoid feeling like too much of a hypocrite.
             Haha - thanks for the disclaimer =P

References

   1. mailto:juan.g71@gmail.com
   2. mailto:zen@freedbms.net