Quote:Is it up to the state to prevent abuse? Is that the purpose of the state?


In that case you can't object to any restrictions of freedom as a case go prevent abuse can always be made.


The state was never intended to prevent abuse. The best we can hope for is that the state does not become the ultimate abuser since it has a natural monopoly on force.

 

Yes, I can object to other restrictions of freedom.  This is why I'm not a pure libertarian.  I believe in laws that prevent immoral acts, racial discrimination being one of them.  You can't just always defer to your free market philosophy as the cure all.  It might work in theory, it doesn't in practice which is why the laws were needed in the first place.

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