Hah! I upmodded because you made a thoughtful comment, but all the thoughts are kindof wrong.
As for your first point, employers might cut back on luxury consumption, and therefore totally offset the increase in costs. I'm with you there, but I doubt it is a major effect.
Private security firms do not enforce law and order. "Whoever is strongest" is the exact opposite of law. They enforce order, but only in so far as it makes them more money to do so, or benefits those who set the policy of the firm. When one security firm attacks another, that is not law and order. All this is is the current system, but where you shrink the countries down to the size of counties, and make all the new tiny countries dictatorships. In other words, this is Europe circa 900AD.
Have you heard of the crusades, inquisition, witch trials? It was taking away civil authority that finally prevented pious monsters from violently enforcing their whims. You could give months of fulltime proof that what you said is nonsense. In fact, they do it all the time, it's called European History.
As for your first point, employers might cut back on luxury consumption, and therefore totally offset the increase in costs. I'm with you there, but I doubt it is a major effect.
Private security firms do not enforce law and order. "Whoever is strongest" is the exact opposite of law. They enforce order, but only in so far as it makes them more money to do so, or benefits those who set the policy of the firm. When one security firm attacks another, that is not law and order. All this is is the current system, but where you shrink the countries down to the size of counties, and make all the new tiny countries dictatorships. In other words, this is Europe circa 900AD.
Have you heard of the crusades, inquisition, witch trials? It was taking away civil authority that finally prevented pious monsters from violently enforcing their whims. You could give months of fulltime proof that what you said is nonsense. In fact, they do it all the time, it's called European History.