(Well, actually
it is, but we won't go there.)
On a
previous thread I was said to be an exemplar of the libertarian obsession with property rights, my property rights in particular. Maybe, maybe not, but let's pretend it's not all about property for a bit. I'd like to quote one of my favorite bloggers,
Will Grigg. This particular piece is about
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It's not really "is parenthood a right or a privilege" as much as it is "is your body yours and yours alone, or can the government take control over it?"
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Well, the same way progressives only hear libertarians talk about property and guns, I only hear progressives talk about hate speech and gay marriage as though a government license to marry were something to be coveted rather than detested.
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To answer your stupid question, society enforces social contracts, police enforce legal contracts.
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How are suspects determined, detained, guilt proven?
Oh, wait, we fucking have that already.
It's called law enforcement and the justice system.
Unless you imagine bands of noble citizens unerringly rounding up bad guys and stringing them up from the nearest grizzled mesquite?
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I thought as much.
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This may be a difficult concept to grasp, but many social institutions do and often should exist outside and apart from the state and they have their own modes of enforcement involving shared social norms of that particular community.
A broken marriage contract within a particular community might be met with community disapproval and ostracization, for example.
However, if someone in the community decides to murder the offending party, then the state is involved because a basic human right has been violated.
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Look at that.
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I'm still waiting for your explanation of how your fantasy world would work.
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Marriage is a legal contract.
Credit and property are merged.
Power of attorney is merged.
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