re: #198 PT Barnum

one other thought on this…it strikes me that there is a great deal of faith that under a libertarian system people would magically share on their own. I think several thousand years of human history would put that to rest.

The Chinese philosopher Mencius (don’t know the actual chinese name) said that human nature was to strive for advantage. The longer I live, the more I agree with him.

Humans strive for advantage over foreigners, like those who live two blocks away and are not at least 2nd cousins./

We have however evolved to share with family, however we care to define that word.