tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3888130329352828630..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Evaluating exchange backwardsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-87609353204954899192015-05-26T20:03:57.903-04:002015-05-26T20:03:57.903-04:00" the choice made serves in prospect to benef..." the choice made serves in prospect to benefit the chooser. "<br /><br />Sure, *in prospect*. But people are terrible about choosing what is actually good for them!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-27540545800220419182015-05-21T22:37:41.563-04:002015-05-21T22:37:41.563-04:00Despite partly agreeing with Samson here I disagre...Despite partly agreeing with Samson here I disagree with the post. In general it is a good thing to make people better off, and to let them make themselves and others better off. <br /><br />"Voluntary" here refers to a past condition: having been chosen by participants with other choices. To the extent that is true, and Samson notes sometimes there aren't other choices, it affords the inference the choice made serves in prospect to benefit the chooser. This is generally true. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-56737914885534210542015-05-20T20:21:47.600-04:002015-05-20T20:21:47.600-04:00Well Samson, with taxes you have no choice but to ...Well Samson, with taxes you have no choice but to suffer the consequences if you don't pay. In Rothbardia you can choose to suffer the consequences if you don't pay. There are whole books explaining this distinction. <br />Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-64300153850648281162015-05-19T13:58:37.513-04:002015-05-19T13:58:37.513-04:00The whole "voluntary" bit still seems li...The whole "voluntary" bit still seems like a red herring to me. I see no point in slapping that on to "exchange" or "transaction". I don't really see it as applicable, so when libertarians or other free marketeers pounce on something like, say, using a service being "voluntary" in objection to consumer protection laws, I am unable to see what they are talking about. Let me put it another way: I don't see a difference between taxes in a republic and fees in a corporate republic.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.com