To: Sir Gawain
To my thinking Laissez Faire is a philosophical brother of Pacifism
Ideas to live by but in their purest form moral dilemmas develop
In Pacifism you have the problem of if person A is about to attack and kill person B (for no reason) do I intervene?
Same problem Laissez Faire national government if person A (or state A) is about to attack and kill or oppress person B (for no reason) does it intervene?
I personal believe and follow a Laissez Faire philosophy
But add the Golden Rule Do on to other as you would have them do on to you for when the moral dilemmas develop
To: tophat9000
In a true, unfettered Capitalist society, as Ayn Rand says, "there is no conflict between rational men. The State has to exist, but only to arbitrate disputes, and to protect citizens from violence both within and without the country. Anything further that goverment tries to do, you wind up where we are today. In other words, the solution to our problems is to get rid of government regulation of business entirely, and let the free market take care of itself.
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