Great observations that I have also pondered. The following excerpt is from "My Philosophy of Liberty":
"This short-term benefit is not only dangerous to the thief but it is detrimental to his long-term well-being as well. This is because his victims must divert a portion of their resources toward protection services instead of toward production. This loss of production reduces the overall societal standard of living as there are less products and services available for trade.
"Nevertheless, the thief is not concerned with the detrimental, long-term effects of plunder as he only cares about the immediate benefit. Therefore, the rest of society must take protective measures if they wish to safeguard their life, liberty and property. It follows then that the degree of man’s freedom can be enhanced by the level of protection that he has secured."
Source:
https://stevenminnaar.com/my-philosophy-of-liberty
Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why?
npub1c7…50uwc
2024-08-18 18:37:02
in reply to nevent1q…u29a
Author Public Key
npub1c77awxzrxgucecrk95q3a6lvyggjvzclcegnctu4326d0s72semsm50uwcPublished at
2024-08-18 18:37:02Event JSON
{
"id": "81f95a2e9af1ce7a7e1c74d97274e40f86be80920b5b65d2a684f54f69d946bd",
"pubkey": "c7bdd7184332398ce0762d011eebec2211260b1fc6513c2f958ab4d7c3ca8677",
"created_at": 1724006222,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"a858b7b57c83299bbbe3f0e08c8b2b4859712a1ef737dba3729137d8b0738d8c",
"",
"root"
],
[
"p",
"ecf468164bd743b75683db3870ce01cb9a1d4b8ec203ed26de50f96255bbc75a"
],
[
"r",
"https://stevenminnaar.com/my-philosophy-of-liberty"
]
],
"content": "Great observations that I have also pondered. The following excerpt is from \"My Philosophy of Liberty\":\n\n\"This short-term benefit is not only dangerous to the thief but it is detrimental to his long-term well-being as well. This is because his victims must divert a portion of their resources toward protection services instead of toward production. This loss of production reduces the overall societal standard of living as there are less products and services available for trade.\n\n\"Nevertheless, the thief is not concerned with the detrimental, long-term effects of plunder as he only cares about the immediate benefit. Therefore, the rest of society must take protective measures if they wish to safeguard their life, liberty and property. It follows then that the degree of man’s freedom can be enhanced by the level of protection that he has secured.\"\n\nSource:\nhttps://stevenminnaar.com/my-philosophy-of-liberty",
"sig": "881ad08871d3d728b83c2c3741b8a35427fe1198f6aac7d71a8385c35edcb59519f4d25fd4b16bee648b0f90f6ef7d3569bc3a2800326ee5af423697d8d8eac9"
}