Privatization

[allhatnocattle.livejournal.com]

http://hotdogfactory.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-stephen-harper-going-to-sell-jasper.html

There is a rumour being passed around via email and facebook saying PM Harper is planning to privatize Jasper National Park (5 hr drive from here) with considerable uproar. Would you Libertarians in this community really support private enterprise to run your national parks?

You Libertarians say you want smaller government. Government is inefficient and untrustworthy. So how far would you allow private corporations to rule your country? Would you sell off your Park Systems? What about environment controls? The Post Office? The Military? The CIA and Secret Service to be put on tender for the highest bidder? Or how about the Senate? Screw elections how about whomever raises the most cash simply wins their seat in the House of Representatives and Whitehouse? Why or why not?

Comments

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Enterprises in the private sphere do not have a monopoly on violence and initiatory coercion.

"Enterprises" which compete in the patriotism category of brand identity are competing for the monopoly priviledges of providing their "services" without competition to a captive market which must purchase. They are a special class of enterprises called "governments" and their operations are called war. Their monopoly status should be rejected by people everywhere.

[allhatnocattle.livejournal.com]

There's a huge list of PMC's operating globally... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_military_companies


These SoF's and PMC's operate not just for governments, but for private contractors like Halliburton, and for NGO's with humanitarian agendas. Their operations are usually security, but also assassination and full out battle.
War? Well that's just a rose by another name.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

They do not enjoy a violence-enforced monopoly, other than the fact that their best (but not only) customers do enjoy such a monopoly priviledge.