On Fri, 3 Nov 1995 hallam@w3.org wrote:
Why unfortunately? I happen to consider that our modern social ecconomy is a high point of civilisation. It is certainly a tremendous achievement. We can educate the entire population, provide them with health care, prevent famine and provide protection against crime and agression by other states. All in all rather a good deal.
That wonderful state of bliss seems rather limited in certain parts of the world. Not that I want to get into a big political discussion, but David Friedman has a nice, calm and rational book called The Machinery of Freedom, 2nd ed, which argues anarchism/libertarianism from an economist'spoint of view. The argument is not cased in terms of ethics and morals but rather economic efficiency and utility. Slim, easy to read and cheap. He also has a good sense of humor. Unfortunately the book is currently on back order. I'm holding on to my library copy until they ship one to me. You can butt heads with him and Tim on the cyberia list (I don't remember the address but they have it at news://nntp.hks.net ) I gather from the cyphernomicon that someone recently converted him to cryptoanarchy.