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The Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summary

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What it is

An illustrated 23-minute summary of David Friedman's talk based on The Machinery of Freedom. It describes how law, police and courts could work as market services in a stateless society, covering private law, polycentric law and objections.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it as a short introduction to anarcho-capitalist ideas about private law and how disputes could be resolved without a state.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's an illustrated talk by David D. Friedman, explaining how police, courts and other things would exist and work in a world without government”

    Friedman explains how police and courts would work without government.

    snitko, 2014-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?”

  2. “There's a decent 20 minutes illustrated summary video on YouTube”

    Short illustrated summary of Friedman's proposal.

    baddox, 2013-10 · Recommendation · in “Futarchy: Vote Values, But Bet Beliefs”

  3. “This video is a good introduction to the ideas presented in the book”

    Good introduction to the book's ideas.

    pielud, 2014-02 · Recommendation · in “Silk Road 2 Hacked, All Bitcoins Stolen”

  4. “or check out a summary here”

    Summary of how law and order could work in anarchy.

    jokethrowaway, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: david friedman, polycentric law, libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, private courts

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