Note: Libertarian Girl is off to Europe, but while she’s away she’ll be updating with previously written posts about politics and life in the places she’s visiting. She’ll soon be back to her regularly scheduled Libertarian Girl programming.
The Stephansdom cathedral is one of the central sights in Vienna. As the center of commerce and home to markets in Wien (German for “Vienna”) for centuries, the cathedral has grooves on its outside surface that served to standardize and regulate measurements throughout the centuries, according to Lonely Planet.
It may seem preposterous to us now, but it worked for centuries. Things can be regulated and standardized voluntarily, without government intervention. What an amazing concept.
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