List the countries with as little government as arch-conservatives and tea partiers would like

[CreekDog]

can we make this a group DU project? name a country or two.

:hi:

[Tunkamerica]

1. is the moon a country?

[opiate69]

Somalia

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Somalia. No functioning government, no taxes, lots of guns.

They'd love it.

[AnnieBW]

3. Somalia, Haiti

Two good examples

[begin_within]

4. Turkey is pretty useless.

One earthquake and thousands die... government can't and won't do anything.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

5. I know they like to discuss the fall of the Roman Empire like that was a bad thing

..... as if the US is the new Rome and following the same fate and never realizing the imperialistic sadistic empire that it was...

so I have NO idea what country today.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

7. Vatican City perhaps?

[happyslug]

13. Only the Swiss Guards are permitted to have guns in the Vatican, AND it follows Italian law

Except for certain items, Italian Law is followed in the Vatican. Up till the present Pope the rule was Italian law was the Law in the Vatican unless the Vatican expressly rejects it. The Present Pope changed the rule to one being Italian Law is the Law in the Vatican BUT any new law passed by the Italian Government does NOT apply unless the Vatican expressly accepts it. More a difference in degree then anything real.

Furthermore, the Vatican has its own law over and above Italian Law. Thus you have two sets of laws and regulation to comply with, both following the Civil Law Concept of Written law backed up by regulations.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

14. Well isn't that what they want TWO sets of LAWS?

One for the White folks... and other laws that the other folks didn't like.

[happyslug]

16. But the Vatican Law are two sets of law EVERYONE must follow

What right wingers want is two sets of laws, one for them and one to be used by them against their opponents.

[OHdem10]

6. Somalia flew right up there.

[leftstreet]

8. If Somalia had Social Security, Medicare, Fire Departments and Snowplows

they'd be there!

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. LOL!!!

"Keep your government hands out of my Medicare!"

[jmowreader]

15. I don't think they need snowplows in Somalia

What they need is Avis Rent-a-Tank.

[rucky]

9. Ivory Coast

Rwanda
Sudan
Haiti

:shrug:

[alfredo]

11. Tomania

[provis99]

12. Afghanistan. Weak central government,

Countryside ruled by religious fanatics and oppressive feudal lords. Conservative heaven.

[kwolf68]

17. The USA

in the late 1800s...it was the best of times indeed. Slave wages, child labor, forced labor, sweatshops, obscene work weeks, little pay, fired for missing work, monopolization of markets, industrial deaths, rat shit in our food, oh yea, but the rich got stinking rich...

You want to see a country where government is completely impotent? That's your answer and it was a fucking mess.