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Re: Gollum will explode in a rage

Adrian wrote:
> Doug <dougbollen@googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
>>>> 2p? Yawn. To cover the real cost of motoring petrol would need to
>>>> cost 2.50 per litre. 2p more or less won't do anything to discourage
>>>> frivolous hypermobility or ameliorate the external costs imposed by
>>>> selfish motorists on the rest of society. So you are quite wrong.
>>>> Even if the government were to increase duty by 2p, I would still
>>>> think that petrol is scandalously cheap.
>
>>> Even if the government were to increase duty by £20 per litre,
you
>>> would still think that petrol is scandalously cheap. Mind you, since
>>> you're an anarchist and therefore against the very concept of
>>> "government", I don't quite know who you're planning to be in
charge of
>>> setting and collecting the duty on fuel.
>
>> Anarchy is not the same as chaos. Social systems of organisation don't
>> cease to exist simply because there no longer is a monopoly on power.
>> Under anarchy there would still be a justice system. Under anarchy,
>> there would be no need for fuel duty, because without a government
>> pandering to motorists, they would be forced to fully compensate others
>> for the true cost they impose on them. For example, every time they
>> pollute a neighbourhood with fumes and noise, the neighbourhood
>> community  would be free charge a toll. The community would be able to
>> set any price they wish. There would be no government to mandate that
>> roads must be free at the point of usage.
>
> ITYM "No road would have got built".
>
> OK, so there's a justice system. There would have to be for the very
> concept of this "toll" to carry any weight whatsoever - and for the
> "community" to have some kind of protection from any old conman who
> fancies setting himself up just up the road as a toll collector.
>
> But who defines the legislation and appoints the judiciary? Who provides
> the checks and balances to avoid miscarriages of justice? Who ensures the
> justice system - from beat plod to the very top - is fair and unbiased?

Under an anarchic system 'the community' themselves do all this. They
decide when something is 'wrong', whether someone is 'guilty' and what
punishment is to be given, on a case-by-case basis.

--
Abo

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