So why do you think “the government” did a bad thing in requiring passports? They provide identification that is universally accepted. Without them, visitors to foreign lands could be subject to imprisonment if the host government thinks they might be spies. Travelers who intend on committing crimes on foreign soil (such as smuggling) or escaping justice would be detained before they could leave. What’s the drawback? Inconvenience?
What makes you think people could travel between countries unmolested? Throughout all time, natives were usually wary of strangers, and could easily kill them, take their loot, and leave their bodies for the vultures. The whole history of war is based on culture clash. And you so don’t like violence.
What makes you think everybody in the olden days were trustworthy and peaceful? After “In the beginning,” Genesis describes battle between tribes. There were war casualties thousands of years before there were liberals and conservatives. Do you ever venture outside your right-wing cocoon?
That would be up to the owners of the roads. I would assume there would be some sort of credential. What we wouldn’t have would be armed gangs in clown cars harassing people and escalating situations needlessly.
So the govt creates value if it confiscates $10billion to snuff out a campfire? There is no economic calculation that is possible because there is no demonstrated preference. Economic actors demonstrate preference when they engage in voluntary transactions, that is how we know value is created.
No it was actually not that long ago. Pre-WWI. That is how fast our society has devolved. Governments have destroyed social trust and cohesion.
How do you know that the other side has not seen a destruction of value that eclipses your perceived gain in value. By your logic, Bugsy adds value by bopping the butcher on the head and handing out cutlets to neighborhood kids.
no one remembers they had semi-official passports called “conduct books” in the 19/20tht century ? in which you had to have various places/officials fill them out saying you paid your hotel resturant bills didn’t get drunk and cause fights ect …
Of course you need to keep your head on swivel in another country. You need to do that in the US in some places. Fact is, passports were unnecessary for a long time. Scary things may have happened, but they still happen with passports. The only difference is that it is another government regulation to be hassled by.
There was a time when very few people traveled between countries at all, or for that matter a few miles from their birthplace. And those that did were relatively wealthy, and often had some letter or other means of identification issued by their government.
It surprises me to learn that you are in favor of completely free immigration between countries.
I never knew you to be deliberately dense. A pity.
You are easily surprised. I have said as much any time the subject came up.
Passports did not come about as a service to newly mobile citizens. They came about out of a desire for government to exercise control over travelers.
There should be no national borders as currently conceived. Property owners shall have the right to admit or refuse to admit anyone as they see fit. I would imagine highway owners would allow passage to anyone as long as they didn’t cause trouble. I see no reason travelers would be molested in a free market.
If the property is in dispute, private courts will decide ownership. Same as now but much more efficient and with mechanisms that drive the best decision-makers to the top instead of the best politicians.
I avoid reading your posts as much as possible since I don’t enjoy constantly slapping my forehead.:smack:
Since completely free immigration would cause the collapse of the world economy, I’m surprised anyone outside the poorest countries of the third world would be in favor of it. But if anyone were loony enough to think that, I guess it would be you.:smack:
How about if everyone in the area gives their input to help choose who should do these jobs, and instead everyone paying them directly, we each just kick in some money, and someone else distributes it to the people doing the work.
People like **WillFarnaby **are like fluorine-breathing aliens coming to Earth and saying, “You know what’s wrong with your planet? All that oxygen. That shit’s poisonous.” And no matter how much we try to explain to them that we need oxygen to live, they just won’t listen. Because they’re idiots.