Ep 52 Why Hoppe is right and Kant is wrong about perpetual peace and democracy.

The Mindcrime liberty show discusses Kant's democratic peace theory with  regard to Hans Hoppe private law society theory.  Kant and most modern day liberals including Mises thought that the key to perpetual peace was to democratize all societies internally along with  mutual trade and a federation of nations. As we see with the general trajectory of many organizations and Hoppe quite clearly elaborates this is that they centralize. This one world federation once it has enough power is functionally a one world government where in the customers have no competition for security/law even disregarding the obvious contradiction of an expropriating property protector (ie taxation is theft and slavery).  Hans Hoppe in his chapter called the errors of classical liberalism  in the democracy the god that failed attacks  his intellectual master Ludwig Von Mises for holding this incorrect view on the nature of monopoly and peace.  If monopolies are bad from the point of view of consumers then why in this very important area of production such as protection of property and the production of law and order are monopolies are justified?  If milk or car monopolies produce comparatively worse cars then why would a monopoly on "government" be any better? Importantly this monopoly thanks to modern technology in addition to taking the logic of both Kant and MIses theories seriously  cannot exist in one regional area and must eventually contain the entire earth into a one world centralized government. 

Hoppe writes in Chapter 11:

"Once it is incorrectly accepted that in order to protect and enforce
peaceful cooperation between two individuals A and B, it is justified and
necessary to have a judicial monopolist X, a twofold conclusion follows.
If more than one territorial monopolist exists, X, Y, and Z, then, just as
there can presumably be no peace among A and B without X, so can there
be no peace between the monopolists X, Y, and Z as long as they remain
in a "state of anarchy" with each other. Hence, in order to fulfill the
liberal desideratum of universal and eternal peace, all political centralization and unification, and ultimately the establishment of a single world
government, is justified and necessary."

 

All statists, classical liberals, liberals and minarchists  (unless for cultural or even other taboo  and unspeakable reasons which arguably Kant, Mill and of course Marx held) must eventually advocate a one world state in order to get peace.  How does this differ from Hobbes Leviathan and of course how does this come about other then by some single local empire (IE the US) indirectly or directly "conquering" or subduing the world? Is that really a "liberal" peace theory? Hoppe in this regard using private property and self ownership as preceding the creation of the state has a theoretical pathway for perpetual peace and reinstates the Westphalian peace  system taking the correct insights of Mises libertarian economics and applying them more thoroughly. Territory X follows these laws and territory Y follows these laws.  Both territories will compete for "customers" and must treat there customers well.  If the two territories want to trade with each other or individual members within the areas want to trade then they can do so but one doesn't need a labyrinth of "free" trade agreements which are merely a way to increase state power and kickbacks. If there is the danger of piracy or foreign aggression regarding trade the those who want to engage in trade must bear the costs rather then externalize them through taxes.    The key to a true liberal peace is not a unilateral worldwide UN or League of nations  with strong teeth as even Mises unfortunately advocates rather independent "states" or better yet private law societies.  Here competition can occur which will decrease the cost and increase the quality of good just as Mises economic theory predicts which was incorrectly applied to the state which has a monopoly and by logical standards must be expanded to the globe if one wants peace.

To quote Hoppe again:

"Liberalism's erroneous acceptance of the institution of government
as consistent with the basic liberal principles of self-ownership, original
appropriation, property, and contract, consequently led to its own destruction. "

 

Hans Hoppe Democracy the god that failed and in it contains his excellent chapter the errors of classical liberalism.

https://portalconservador.com/livros/Hans-Hermann-Hoppe-Democracy-The-God-That-Failed.pdf