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How far does your scofflaw streak go? Is this different from adding law enforcement blocking controls to any illegal tech product? Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow?

I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism.

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But here's the thing: What we have now is anarchy. It's just that the powerful make the laws, and con the masses. Some places it looks like capitalism, other places more like kleptocracy. But just about everywhere, the game is rigged.

I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism

FWIW, I consider those terms, along with "voluntaryist" and/or "market anarchist" to be approximately synonymous for all practical purposes.

Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow?

You act as if they don't already. Society works pretty well anyways.

Tell that to the millions of Americans in prison. How did that work out for them?

That example is supposed to inspire us to respect the law more? You need more practice at this rhetoric thing...

I didn't say you had to respect it. Unjust laws should be changed. There is a process for that.

It is fundamentally unfair to have one segment of society (tech workers) have a different set of rules than the rest. Do you disagree?

The process doesn't work as well as you think it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig

Society > USA.

Yes, everyone should decide what laws to follow. Ask rosa parks or any poor soul unfortunate enough to be a citizen of nazi Germany.

The civil rights movement was in no way about the abolition of the rule of law. Hitler's promise of greatness actually did seduce a ton of the economically and socially devastated German population. Hitler was a known outlaw. Even if you can't yet think your premise through to the end, at least consider the consistency and truth of your own words.

So Travis Kalanick is a modern day Rosa Parks? Really?

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