Non-government regulation is nothing new, and it works FAR better than anything government supplies.
For instance, Underwriter Labs and MET: Founded in 1894 to regulate electrical devices, UL predates OSHA by 76 years. Today, OSHA relies heavily on standards created by UL and on UL testing, on standards created by ANSI, and on other private, non-government groups. MET is a competitor formed in 1959. Both have expanded their domains over the years and have also become increasingly entangled with government agencies, but remain private, for-profit companies.
For an eye-opening look at how civil society -- that is, a society without structures that initiate coercion for funding or anything else -- can improve on what we now call "government", consider The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill.
The arguments against freeing ourselves from coercive governance (and the attendant corruption, war, taxation, injustice, etc) are much the same as those used against the abolition of chattel slavery in the early 1800s. In other words, the arguments against eliminating our enslavement to the State are bullshit.
How do you regulate the private sector without government intervention? Isn't that a contradiction?
Non-government regulation is nothing new, and it works FAR better than anything government supplies.
For instance, Underwriter Labs and MET: Founded in 1894 to regulate electrical devices, UL predates OSHA by 76 years. Today, OSHA relies heavily on standards created by UL and on UL testing, on standards created by ANSI, and on other private, non-government groups. MET is a competitor formed in 1959. Both have expanded their domains over the years and have also become increasingly entangled with government agencies, but remain private, for-profit companies.
For an eye-opening look at how civil society -- that is, a society without structures that initiate coercion for funding or anything else -- can improve on what we now call "government", consider The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill.
https://mises.org/library/market-liberty-1 -- free PDF download of entire book
or https://www.amazon.com/Market-Liberty-Morris-Tannehill-ebook/dp/B007N7JDLA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1696794571&sr=8-1 (Kindle version is $3.50)
The arguments against freeing ourselves from coercive governance (and the attendant corruption, war, taxation, injustice, etc) are much the same as those used against the abolition of chattel slavery in the early 1800s. In other words, the arguments against eliminating our enslavement to the State are bullshit.
Thanks, I'll take a look!