narouz said:Okay...typical capitalistic system without regulation or protections for the non-rich.
If you are the owner of that copper mine,
you are going to be protected.
Nobody is gonna hurt you because you have the police on your side.
Because of your money.
You're saying this is a morally righteous arrangement?
The owners of the copper mine are
"free of force from other men."
Everything's cool?
Like I said, the defining characteristic of laissez-faire capitalism is the removal of the initiation of force, which should be the sole function of government. When you talk about buying government off, you're talking about cronyism, not capitalism. In your scenario, if it had occurred within an actual capitalist system, the government would have retaliated against the owners of the mine for initiating force against the natives. You might say to this, "Yeah, in an ideal world, but in reality the people with the money are going to try to buy the government off". The only reason today's governments are worth buying off in the first place is because they have such a large amount of control over the direction of society. Do you think that Big Business doesn't have an influence over what policies and regulations are created? It is only by removing government's role in the economy that you'll end lobbying, because who's going to try to buy off the government when there's nothing to gain from it? The social system of a society is a consequence of the philosophy that dominates within that society. It is only by changing the philosophy within society that you can establish a social system that protects all individuals from the force of other men.