Comments on: Violence, Penury and Modern Society http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Thu, 24 May 2012 03:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jesse http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/comment-page-1/#comment-14830 Jesse Tue, 04 May 2010 14:06:06 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/#comment-14830 Sidenote: I've been reading your articles and I must say, its nice to see someone who doesn't have their head up their own ass. Keep up the good work. @Amelio: It would be nice if that was the only thing they would do with the money. But in reality, and don't kid yourself, they would take 65% of the money for themselves and their workers. Then they would use 20% just to inform you of their decision leaving a small portion for actual construction of the road. And while this is not an exact percentage, it serves the point of relaying my message. Because even if an establishment, like a government, is founded on good ideals, it eventually gives way to corruption. It is the human condition. Onto the posters questions... To be perfectly honest, there are no virtues in it. And the Amish do their own thing and are left alone, as far as I know anyway. I've never heard them complaining about government harassment but I imagine that is only because there is no money to be made from them. Why would they bother anyone who couldn't deliver the cash they want? Sidenote: I’ve been reading your articles and I must say, its nice to see someone who doesn’t have their head up their own ass. Keep up the good work.

@Amelio: It would be nice if that was the only thing they would do with the money. But in reality, and don’t kid yourself, they would take 65% of the money for themselves and their workers. Then they would use 20% just to inform you of their decision leaving a small portion for actual construction of the road. And while this is not an exact percentage, it serves the point of relaying my message.

Because even if an establishment, like a government, is founded on good ideals, it eventually gives way to corruption. It is the human condition.

Onto the posters questions…

To be perfectly honest, there are no virtues in it.

And the Amish do their own thing and are left alone, as far as I know anyway. I’ve never heard them complaining about government harassment but I imagine that is only because there is no money to be made from them. Why would they bother anyone who couldn’t deliver the cash they want?

]]> By: Chris http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/comment-page-1/#comment-10959 Chris Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:46 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/#comment-10959 Amelio: There is nothing stopping the neighbors from deciding of their own accord to build better roads to connect the comunity. I'm confident that a road built, or more likely contracted, by the producers in this comunity would better approximate the comunity's actual needs-instead of the road system designed according to external government assessment. Amelio:
There is nothing stopping the neighbors from deciding of their own accord to build better roads to connect the comunity.
I’m confident that a road built, or more likely contracted, by the producers in this comunity would better approximate the comunity’s actual needs-instead of the road system designed according to external government assessment.

]]> By: Amelio http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Amelio Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:32:24 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/06/11/violence-penury-and-modern-society/#comment-901 What if they took those taxed dollars and built a road between you and your neighbors to make interaction easier, quicker and more efficient for both families. Or if they built roads from other families to broaden the market and thus help the families earn a surplus? What if they took those taxed dollars and built a road between you and your neighbors to make interaction easier, quicker and more efficient for both families. Or if they built roads from other families to broaden the market and thus help the families earn a surplus?

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