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u/archangel689 · 18 pointsr/Anarcho_Capitalism

u/DVHeld · 3 pointsr/AnCap101

> What would you (or most other male customers) consider fair restitution for buttrape tho?

In these cases what the victim (for example me) considers a fair compensation is not what matters most. Just like what I think would be a fair price for what I buy or sell. Everyone thinks they are being paid too little and that they pay too much. With normal market transactions, the price is regulated by competition. In the case of a violation/arbitration, the compensation needs to be regulated by a third party (when there was no previous agreement between the parts setting what the compensation should be).

> My point was that some crimes you can't "fix" by essentially making the perp apologize.

Firstly, it's not making him apologize, but making him compensate his victim to the fullest extent feasible. Apologies can be insincere, but compensation can't.

> It's more control thinking, "this is unfair, therefore I'll make it fair." Rather than, "these people have needs that can't be fixed alone, how can we help them?"

Sorry, I don't understand what you meant here. Maybe you can clarify.

> That's kind of cool about Iceland, is there a list somewhere out there?

More info on that in David Friedman and Pete Leeson's book Legal Systems Very Different from Ours, which has a very interesting chapter on Medieval Icelandic law. You can also read a (very early, but good enough) draft of the chapter here.

u/recentstudies · 2 pointsr/AnCap101

Saved and will read chapter draft tonight, thank you for detailed response!

>Everyone thinks they are being paid too little and that they pay too much.

Hm that's pretty accurate actually. I see what you're saying.

>Firstly, it's not making him apologize, but making him compensate his victim to the fullest extent feasible. Apologies can be insincere, but compensation can't.

Can't argue there. You got me.

>Sorry, I don't understand what you meant here. Maybe you can clarify.

Control thinking is creating and implementing strategies for meeting needs instead of honestly expressing/assessing individual needs and making a request (not a demand).

Example of control thinking: Joe raped Phil, let's make Joe pay / feel ashamed / apologize

Example of honestly assessing needs and making a request: Joe raped Phil, I imagine Phil needs security, space, gentle reminders of the community's respect, counseling after some time has passed, and maybe an invitation to a recovery group. How many of these can we afford? Who's willing to invest? Why did this happen by Joe? What were Joe's needs? Can we make him part of the community involvement, helping him, and would he also be willing to invest in any of Phil's needs?

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Also saving your links here for myself for later:
>More info on that in David Friedman and Pete Leeson's book Legal Systems Very Different from Ours, which has a very interesting chapter on Medieval Icelandic law. You can also read a (very early, but good enough) draft of the chapter here.

u/viking_ · -24 pointsr/bestof

Chilling tale? More like bizarre fantasy written by a sociopath, possibly with violent tendencies. Noncentralized systems of law are common throughout history (draft of the book).

I could write similarly chilling tales of horrors committed by governments, but why would I do that when reality provides numerous examples and there is no need to resort to fiction?