So, what’s your view on the book & philosophy?
I just read the part 1 on Prostitutes & Pimps. He makes a point that overall they are voluntary trades and although there might be some trades that involve violence etc, by profession, they aren’t violent.
While I agree with that, I think there’s a difference between violence in prostitution and violence meted out by a contractor on his laborer (I think that’s the other example in the book) of scale.
When a contractor is violent, he is more likely to ‘lose’ (economically) in the long run… lesser laborers will work with him and he loses profit yadayadayada
But when a ‘trader’ trades a girl by forcing her, he gains economically. Or when a family sell their daughter, they gain.
My point is, as long as it is by volition – it’s all good. But by making prostitution such a ‘profitable in short time’ venture gradually makes it a tempting area for violence.
So, what’s your view on the book & philosophy?
I just read the part 1 on Prostitutes & Pimps. He makes a point that overall they are voluntary trades and although there might be some trades that involve violence etc, by profession, they aren’t violent.
While I agree with that, I think there’s a difference between violence in prostitution and violence meted out by a contractor on his laborer (I think that’s the other example in the book) of scale.
When a contractor is violent, he is more likely to ‘lose’ (economically) in the long run… lesser laborers will work with him and he loses profit yadayadayada
But when a ‘trader’ trades a girl by forcing her, he gains economically. Or when a family sell their daughter, they gain.
My point is, as long as it is by volition – it’s all good. But by making prostitution such a ‘profitable in short time’ venture gradually makes it a tempting area for violence.
Nice book anyway… ‘a breath of fresh air’ 🙂
http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uncommon-knowledge/26936#nogo
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6AiSvklHz7UYjhkNTI3MjUtY2ZkMC00ODIxLWE4NDAtNGIxMmJmN2YyN2U4&hl=en&pli=1
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/creditcards/view/?autoplay
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/05/extreme-ron-paul-president-2012
http://reason.com/archives/2012/01/06/corporatism-vs-the-free-market
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-libertarianism-fundamentally-about.html