tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post112632367267353843..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Anarcho-capitalism...gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-1126517166445751472005-09-12T05:26:00.000-04:002005-09-12T05:26:00.000-04:00I wrote about Somalia a while back at http://www.2...I wrote about Somalia a while back at http://www.20six.co.uk/juliusb/archive/2005/02/24/1y20f7tlqwbdj.htm<BR/>and at http://www.theliberalonline.com/news.display.article.asp?Id=75<BR/><BR/>The problem with writing about Somalia (either from an ancap or statist perspective) is that it is so hard to get reliable information.<BR/><BR/>On the one hand, Mogadishu does seem to be a complete hell hole. <BR/>On the other hand, reports from elsewhere in the country seem a lot more promising. Why Mogadishu has fared so much worse than other regions (if it has), is unclear.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, until some enterprising journalist does a thorough job, it is difficult to know whether Somalia is a corroboration or a refutation for we libs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-1126337901048320352005-09-10T03:38:00.000-04:002005-09-10T03:38:00.000-04:00No disrespect for Walter, but I don't think so.No disrespect for Walter, but I don't think so.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-1126332513701280412005-09-10T02:08:00.000-04:002005-09-10T02:08:00.000-04:00Gene,By the way, as a member of the ancap intellig...Gene,<BR/><BR/>By the way, as a member of the ancap intelligentsia, how do you feel about the claim made by the Wikipedia article that "[t]he first well-known version of anarcho-capitalism to so-identify itself was developed by Austrian School economists and libertarians Murray Rothbard and Walter Block"? Obviously, Rothbard's role was huge, and Block is nice, too, but does it really make historical sense to single out Block instead of Friedman, the Tannehills, LeFevre, etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com