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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (108437)	4/28/2000 8:45:00 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1571172

RE: So would businesses, if given the chance. Then no longer would the business with the better product win, but rather the business with the stronger private army. Tenchusatsu Laissez-faire does not mean anarchy. Companies would still be prevented from trying to control markets or areas by force. I don't think Intel wants to fight the 82nd airborne. Tim

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (108437)	4/28/2000 11:24:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571172

Tenchusatsu, I will have to second you on this one. People who whine about government should maybe from time to time look around the world and see how business gets conducted when the government gets, shall we say, non-interventionist. It isn't pretty, you can start with Russia, which is pretty bad, and move on to a lot of places that are much, much worse. The U.S. is closer to the idealized Randian utopia than anyplace else I can think of off hand, aside from a few Grand Cayman - type places that could never defend themselves if push came to shove. Cheers, Dan.