Book.

_The Weapon_, Michael Z. Williamson.

Libertopian warporn.

Then I had a second thought. It's actually a satiric condemnation of libertopianism. Let me spare you reading this book -- the gore and gratuitous atrocity level is deeper than John Barnes in a depressive phase. What you really need to know is that Wiliamson ostensibly praises his libertopian planet, but every in-book hypothetical about how libertopia would work either assumes that bullying is a behavior which humans don't display after about age eight, or shows a massive failure of the free market to provide a service which is currently provided, in the real world, by either a reasonably efficient government service or a commercial concern.

For example, the protagonist visits a libertopian space station. On the lower levels, he notes, going to restaurants is risky because everyone is a transient and can't seek out recommendations from trustworthy locals about which chefs make good food and which ones serve mislabelled vermin. In most parts of the US, there are government health inspectors. But it's easy to see that in libertopia, groups such as Michelin, Duncan Hines, Fodors, Frommers and Zagat would extend their brands to include cleanliness inspections and ratings. Somehow, Williamson misses that.

Maybe it's incompetent libertopian warporn.

Book.

_The Weapon_, Michael Z. Williamson.

Libertopian warporn.

Then I had a second thought. It's actually a satiric condemnation of libertopianism. Let me spare you reading this book -- the gore and gratuitous atrocity level is deeper than John Barnes in a depressive phase. What you really need to know is that Wiliamson ostensibly praises his libertopian planet, but every in-book hypothetical about how libertopia would work either assumes that bullying is a behavior which humans don't display after about age eight, or shows a massive failure of the free market to provide a service which is currently provided, in the real world, by either a reasonably efficient government service or a commercial concern.

For example, the protagonist visits a libertopian space station. On the lower levels, he notes, going to restaurants is risky because everyone is a transient and can't seek out recommendations from trustworthy locals about which chefs make good food and which ones serve mislabelled vermin. In most parts of the US, there are government health inspectors. But it's easy to see that in libertopia, groups such as Michelin, Duncan Hines, Fodors, Frommers and Zagat would extend their brands to include cleanliness inspections and ratings. Somehow, Williamson misses that.

Maybe it's incompetent libertopian warporn.