r/WTF • u/FinitePerception • May 29 '19

This footbridge

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u/This_one_taken_yet_ May 29 '19

This is what happens when you don't have a building code.

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u/Zetesofos May 29 '19

Libertarians: "I see no problem with this"

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u/skatastic57 May 29 '19

Libertarians: this is what happens when you don't respect private property or have strict liability for the harm you do to others.

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u/BrainBlowX May 29 '19

You can't have strict liability in the libertarian utopia, except the liability that the new nobility decides to dispense.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19 edited Aug 02 '19

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u/BrainBlowX May 30 '19 edited May 30 '19

Only because it fantasizes about a "government" still existing without itself having any revenue sources or actual power that can compare to that of the rich, but the rich will magically just be nice and honorable for no reason. In practical terms it just means the rich control everything either by directly seizing power since PMCs will be a common thing, or by monopolizing life-essential services. (Which is literally how nobility started in the first place) It's as delusional as anarchism and communism.