{"product_id":"9781477286548","title":"TALLER THAN TREES","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouthern Rhodesia, Central Africa: March, 1914.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trooper of police, sent to contain a lawless settlement near Bulawayo, the country’s largest city, told on his arrival that the violence there was caused by ‘government restrictions’ (not true), took them at their word and made a single, simple rule, ‘\u003cem\u003eNo one may initiate the use of force, including me.’\u003c\/em\u003e Common Law would be upheld, he said (robbery, rape, fraud etc.): Statute Law (restrictions) wouldn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf they obeyed it, so would he: that was the deal, and his grim reputation needed only to be tested once. After that he withdrew and let them all get on with their affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was thought to be from the American Far West; and his rule being based upon a \u003cem\u003emoral\u003c\/em\u003e principle, ‘Initiating force is \u003cem\u003ewrong\u003c\/em\u003e’, which can't be circumvented by the Law, police, politics, or even at the will of a majority, with taxes and legislation set aside and everything done willy-nilly by agreement, not by vote,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003esure enough and right away Queenstown became like one in the American Far West: a free society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with this difference: ‘No Force’ eliminated government of any kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestion: But how can a society exist, let alone succeed, without a government?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnswer: This is what the book is all about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173216895216,"sku":"9781477286548","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477286548_p0.jpg?v=1763613838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477286548","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}