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Ron Paul says he wants to end five departments. One is the department of interior. Some object:
• We will lose regulatory benefits.
• We will lose national parks.
I agree that this is a possibility. I think there’s a real possibility of mass protest/resistance if these departments are shut down.
I argue privatization/voluntarization will have less resistance. The Interior could be reorganized as a non-profit and there could be a plan to reduce government funding/reduce its legal monopoly over time. While this organization could still retain some power like offering EPA certified stickers for a price for companies wishing to market that way. In addition, the Interior could look for other sources of funding including charging entrance to parks or reorganize as pay-to-hunt lands or etc.
That’s just one example. Even law making organizations could be transitioned to become DROs. Also, if beneficial, privatized companies could be organized to compete with each other. Maybe organize the Senate and House as two different competing organizations to ensure the best quality service.
Not only non-profit companies could be possible, but companies with potential for revenue like US Postal Service could be reorganized as a public company. Some of the initial share sales could be used to pay down the national debt. There’s also a possibility for people to buy non-profitable shares of a company like the Green Bay Packers have done.
I believed if polled Americans would be more favorable to privatization of government agencies than abolishment of government agencies. While Republicans are already supporters of privatization, opposition to this would come from the left. In compromise, we could give unions strong power in these newly non-government companies. Or, we could make these companies have employees with democratic voting rights to influence the direction of the company. Or, we could organize these companies as worker cooperatives or other ideal leftist organizational structures.
For this to work, there would need to be a strong effort to finding these organizations voluntary funding. Some of these new organizations would fail. However, if too many fail there may be resistance because people will say we are destroying organizations beneficial to society.
Anarchy can be reached without saying “anarchy”. I speculate that some newly voluntaristic organizations will still be labeled as government much like the way that Obama is labeled liberal, which had a vastly different meaning 200 years ago.
tldr: gradually privatize government organizations while reducing its legal monopoly and transitioning these organizations to be more voluntaryist.
p.s. even the IRS could be privatized/voluntarized and participation could be marketed a status symbol. Revenue could be strictly wealth redistribution or fund the former government organizations.
• We will lose regulatory benefits.
• We will lose national parks.
I agree that this is a possibility. I think there’s a real possibility of mass protest/resistance if these departments are shut down.
I argue privatization/voluntarization will have less resistance. The Interior could be reorganized as a non-profit and there could be a plan to reduce government funding/reduce its legal monopoly over time. While this organization could still retain some power like offering EPA certified stickers for a price for companies wishing to market that way. In addition, the Interior could look for other sources of funding including charging entrance to parks or reorganize as pay-to-hunt lands or etc.
That’s just one example. Even law making organizations could be transitioned to become DROs. Also, if beneficial, privatized companies could be organized to compete with each other. Maybe organize the Senate and House as two different competing organizations to ensure the best quality service.
Not only non-profit companies could be possible, but companies with potential for revenue like US Postal Service could be reorganized as a public company. Some of the initial share sales could be used to pay down the national debt. There’s also a possibility for people to buy non-profitable shares of a company like the Green Bay Packers have done.
I believed if polled Americans would be more favorable to privatization of government agencies than abolishment of government agencies. While Republicans are already supporters of privatization, opposition to this would come from the left. In compromise, we could give unions strong power in these newly non-government companies. Or, we could make these companies have employees with democratic voting rights to influence the direction of the company. Or, we could organize these companies as worker cooperatives or other ideal leftist organizational structures.
For this to work, there would need to be a strong effort to finding these organizations voluntary funding. Some of these new organizations would fail. However, if too many fail there may be resistance because people will say we are destroying organizations beneficial to society.
Anarchy can be reached without saying “anarchy”. I speculate that some newly voluntaristic organizations will still be labeled as government much like the way that Obama is labeled liberal, which had a vastly different meaning 200 years ago.
tldr: gradually privatize government organizations while reducing its legal monopoly and transitioning these organizations to be more voluntaryist.
p.s. even the IRS could be privatized/voluntarized and participation could be marketed a status symbol. Revenue could be strictly wealth redistribution or fund the former government organizations.
