tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post3725089383763003077..comments2023-10-16T11:28:03.544+00:00Comments on Anomaly UK: SlaveryAnomaly UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-4400826879309436952011-09-20T05:06:06.391+00:002011-09-20T05:06:06.391+00:00Slavery as it actually existed was ultimately base...Slavery as it actually existed was ultimately based on warfare. Side A defeats side B. At this point the sensible thing to do is to kill the men, castrate the male children, take possession of the women, the land, and the cattle. This ensures that there will be no rematches, and deters other groups from engaging in warfare with you.<br /><br />At some point, someone had the bright, but dangerous idea, of enslaving, rather than killing, the men. This results, however, in a state of not-quite-war indefinitely extended, and creates an excessive incentive to engage in aggressive warfare.<br /><br />Assuming the initial war was just, then ending it decisively and permanently may well have been just. Extending it indefinitely however, creates problems.<br /><br />Suppose one or both of the warring parties are states with a large subject population, which will not fight, and will view a change of masters with resigned dismay. Then aggressive warfare can become quite alarmingly profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-25467052385083919602011-09-16T12:09:49.027+00:002011-09-16T12:09:49.027+00:00Sure Reactionary thought has room for "serfdo...Sure Reactionary thought has room for "serfdom". Even when I was a Libertarian I thought that being able to sell one's self into indenture was an important part of self-ownership. In one of my essays at the TFA I <a href="http://www.tfa.net/the_freedom_association/2011/03/jonathan-jones-explains-why-he-is-not-a-libertarian-ii.html" rel="nofollow">rip into</a> Rothbard on the matter.<br /><br />Also as a Libertarian, indenture seemed a great alternative to prison from a restitution perspective.<br /><br />The question you ask is slightly different however: under what circumstances may someone be forced into indenture.<br /><br />Children are the undisputed case, so work from there.sconzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908181786934308463noreply@blogger.com