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Ep 53: Walter Block on Blackmail, Suicide, and Voluntary Schmavery

The Filter Podcast with Matt Asher

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Blackmail Is a Vice, but It Shouldn't Be a Crime

walter block: I think the distinction of looking before was a crons versus vices. Moral versus legal, yes, moral versus legal. And simly, i think blackmail is a vice, but i don't think it should be a crime. But from a pragmatic, utilitarin point of view, if nobody ever gave anyone any money when they were held up by a gunman, there'd be no more gunmen.

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