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Date Posted: 11:17:37 07/18/00 Tue
Author: Lurker
Subject: Just Imagine

A truly free society cannot be conquered.

Imagine a Republic of say 300 million people, where the Rule Of Law is
supreme. A society where the rights of all are protected by it's Government,
but that that is about all the Government does, other that defend that
Republics borders.

Let us further suppose that this Republics Government makes no guarantees to
defend the business interests of its citizens outside its own border. Any of
this Republics citizens or business entities who do business outside of the
borders do so strictly at their own risk. There will be no military action
of any kind in order to defend monied interests abroad.

Now, I will throw another supposition into the mix. Let us assume that the
adult citizens have an unquestioned right to own small arms of any kind they
feel necessary to defend themselves and their property. Small arms of many
varieties are available and relatively inexpensive for the citiizens of my
imaginary Republic.

This Republic also has what we would consider an absolutely primitive "legal
system." There are very few laws. Only acts which have an actual or
threatened initiation of force against another person are illegal.

The Government of this Republic only punishes crimes which fit the above
criteria in criminal matters. No force or threat of the use of force, and no
crime has been committed at all.

The only other function this court system would have would be the power to
adjudicate contractual disputes. Their power in these circumstances would be
limited quite strictly to the finding of facts. They would be unable at all
to award damages of any kind, and they would be equally unable to deprive
any person of their libery or property in any way at all. Both parties would
be required to bear the respective costs of their legal representation
themselves.

This would render the Courts decisions almost above reproach, as they would
be strictly limited to findings of fact. Their decisions in this regard
would be a matter of public record, so one party who damaged another party
in some way would be exposed publicly for their acts.

Now, the "military" of such a Republic would be one of a strictly volunteer
militia. Further, such a military would not be the recipient of one single
dime of "tax money". Please remember the non-coercive nature of my imaginary
Republic. Everything these "soldiers" needed would be funded by voluntary
contributions of the citizens they served.

Groups of citizens who wished to do so would be free to band together to
form whatever types of "Defense Societies" they found themselves most suited
to and able to fund. For instance, a groupd of persons interested in really
big field pieces could form the "West Coast Artillery Defense Society" and
solicit bids for their preferred weapons. They could hold bake sales or
something to buy their artillery. A group of interested pilots could do the
same for aircraft.

A free market military is such a fascinating idea to me.

An imaginary Republic of free citizens properly structured could never be
conquered. It could only be destroyed.

L

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