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@mactonite @EvilSandmich @lovelymiss @6gorillianbarsofjewsoap @TrevorGoodchild @VaxxSabbath @lks Oh Medieval Iceland was Libertarian? Oh now we're in my wheelhouse bub so let's strap in.
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@mactonite @EvilSandmich @lovelymiss @6gorillianbarsofjewsoap @TrevorGoodchild @VaxxSabbath @lks So Medieval Iceland was ran by the Goði (Priest/Lawspeaker) who acted as the central government. They would meet at the Althing annually for disputes and amendments to the laws. The (I think 39 but this number is pulled from memory) goðar had to attend (does this sound like a society without laws to you?) and one out of nine of his freemen had to attend as well or pay him a tax. This system was written about in the Gragar (I'm not putting the umlauts in there, too lazy) and has extensive online resources to read more. Keep in mind the Icelanders were as homogenous as you could possibly be as Scandinavians fleeing Christian Norway to start an island settlement in the far North. So this 'libertarian' dreamscape "worked" (if we ignore all the sagas of outlawry and violence in Medieval Scandinavia) because for the most part everyone was rowing the boat in the same direction. We can't get Christians to agree on a basic premise such as 'dancing is ok or devilry' or 'have a glass of wine is ok or a sin' and you want lolbertarianism in a land mass like the US? It will never happen. It didn't even work in Iceland and eventually they were ruled by a konung.
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@VikingWays @lovelymiss @6gorillianbarsofjewsoap @EvilSandmich @TrevorGoodchild @VaxxSabbath @lks the chief had a voluntary contract with landowners, he did not own the peasants or their land. the parliament had no budget or employees. it was when feudalism was introduced: the chief collects a tax on everyone living in a region, the contract became involuntary, that it fell apart.
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