Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
It can, yet you just say that it can. I don't get why you are willing to just say that it can, but then not say that it can solve all problems. Why can you wave you magic wand at one thing, and not another?

You're shifting your position quite a bit. In one instance it seems that at the very least the military and possibly transportation are safely in the hands of the public sector, and then you are hypothesizing that even those could be handled better by the private sector, but then you are saying the free market can't solve all problems. If it can handle defense, what exactly is left?
I only said that private solutions for defense, police, and transportation have been proposed by voluntarists. I didn't say that I supported those solutions. I do think they are interesting and worth consideration, however.

I find your "magic wand" language kind of offensive. It's as if I haven't outlined reasons that support my argument and just stated dogma, when I've done nothing in this thread but come up with reasons. If you look at my posts in this thread and compare them with yours and wufwugy's you'll notice right away that mine don't use petulant and patronizing language to support my argument. Why does every liberal vs libertarian argument have to come to this? Why can't there just be an honest discussion?