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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Aug 22 2004, 10:34 PM
Or, are you are proposing a system in which there are only private armies that protect only the guys who write the paycheques and buy the hardware?
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Yes.
But of course under this `system` you, as a free individual, can write cheques to a defense agency (ie military) that will protect everyone, not just those directly funding it (kind of like military charity). The key thought is - its up to you, if you are a pacifist, no one forces you to support things you are against.
More info:
Hoppe - Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security
http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_2.pdf
Hoppe - Myth of National Defense Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production
http://www.mises.org/etexts/defensemyth.pdf