
Ep 53: Walter Block on Blackmail, Suicide, and Voluntary Schmavery
The Filter Podcast with Matt Asher
Should the Law Be Preventing You From Giving Me Money?
If you give me money, i can now buy a bigger gun and go rob other people. So from a society point of view, it would be very bad for you to give mem the money. And yet, from a am alibetarian legal point of view,. i would say you should not be considered a criminal for giving me money - even though you were aiding and abetting me. Why? Because it's under drest. Well, now let's get back to ransom. I think something similar is going on there. Your child or your parent or your sibling is now hostage, and i'm the bad guy, and i say, give me money or i'll shoot im
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