tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post4862359748589183832..comments2023-07-25T16:25:45.301+01:00Comments on Libertarian Bulldog: More on That FireBulldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298826546956916886noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post-50781245738300331152010-10-15T11:06:46.013+01:002010-10-15T11:06:46.013+01:00And to change the theme slightly. It is a common s...And to change the theme slightly. It is a common strategy of those on the left to compare a utopian outcome with the current reality. Yet too often the results of intervention produce worse outcomes. As Voltaire said <i>the good is the enemy of the perfect</i><br /><br />No one on the right imagines that Capitalism or the free market is perfect. Merely that it is less bad than all the JohnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696206173235574775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post-31704836533559383732010-10-15T10:45:15.963+01:002010-10-15T10:45:15.963+01:00It's a fallacy to suppose that nothing bad can...<i>It's a fallacy to suppose that nothing bad can happen in a free market.</i><br /><br />It depends by what you mean by "bad"<br /><br />This is a problem of freeloaders. The idea of allowing the house to burn down is to discourage freeloaders. <br /><br />Which is worse: A freeloader demanding and receiving a service which they are not prepared to pay for or the freeloader's JohnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696206173235574775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post-559260648216865972010-10-12T13:37:46.936+01:002010-10-12T13:37:46.936+01:00Interesting. I love the idea that I can mention s...Interesting. I love the idea that I can mention some idly constructed thought and you go off and do all the research of the figures.<br /><br />Do we know if his house was insured? I assume most house insurance is sold in the understanding that a fire service exists, so if your contract with them lapses, it's possible it would void your insurance. If the premium does not take the existenceMr Potartohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856169839194743543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post-29493401052964604202010-10-12T11:53:56.731+01:002010-10-12T11:53:56.731+01:00You may be right. But the point is that you may be...You may be right. But the point is that you may be wrong. It's a fallacy to assume that nothing stupid can happen in a free market. It's a fallacy to suppose that nothing bad can happen in a free market. To that end we must surely accept the possibility that in a free market sometimes people's houses would be left to burn down. And if we cannot stand the notion of that then we cannot Bulldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298826546956916886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561849196155579651.post-18855824454232356802010-10-12T09:48:29.191+01:002010-10-12T09:48:29.191+01:00But I think my insurance company would be glad to ...But I think my insurance company would be glad to pay £10,000 rather than the rebuild cost of my house, so faced with a burning building a private company would take the punt that it was probably insured and they would get paid.<br />Also private companies are rather sensitive to bad publicity and maybe less rule ridden.<br />All the stories of people drowning etc as safety professionals look on The Englishmanhttp://www.anenglishmanscastle.comnoreply@blogger.com