FM Corporations/ businesses/ entitities

[juan]

Sean Lynch wrote:

> > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:51:30 +1000
> > Zenaan Harkness <zen at 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'. 


> 
> 
> >         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