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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Sure, that means I get to have a 24/7 liquor store as well. But you still would need a liquor license, which can cost up to a million dollars depending on the jurisdiction.

As for some guy setting up a flea market on my large property, I would either charge him rent or kick him off for trespassing.

The biggest pitfalls of freedom, is that the other guy has freedom as well....

And stories like these sort out the freedom lovers from the wanabees who are just leftists who state freedom as long as they approve the activity.

Zoning and land use was a Karl Marx idea, one of his 10 planks of communism. He would be proud of you comrade


28 posted on 03/24/2022 1:52:31 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable
Libertarianism is a utopian vision that is more illusory than even communism.

True libertarians believe in open borders which leads to left-leaning immigrants voting for big government and against libertarian policies.

True libertarians believe in letting corporations do whatever they will so long as it is not illegal. This leads to corporations becoming rent seeking monopolies and buying legislation that undermines libertarian values.

Libertarianism is thus self-destructive.

It also requires a large majority of the populace to be entrepreneurial which is something that history has shown to be a mirage. Either that or you need to allow lazy people to suffer and die, which is where welfare, orphanages, free health care, etc. all come from because people don't want to see others suffering and dying, and they don't want to directly pay to prevent strangers from suffering and dying. Thus Big Government.

Libertarianism does work well in science fiction though, so libertarians have that going for them.

It's also interesting to note that the Libertarian Party in America has gone lefty and woke, so there really is no place for "real" libertarians except to be anti-Trumpers in the RINO wing of the Republican Party. And yes, if you like Trump then you also like tariffs which means you're not a real libertarian and are just another socialist pretending to be a libertarian.

BTW, Noam Chomsky says that he is a libertarian. Isn't that interesting.

30 posted on 03/24/2022 2:43:33 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

And absolutely nothing you say in your feeble defense would work.

Because like the local politicians that were part of this whole thing and dropped it on their neighbors, all control and further comment would go to and be addressed to the state. Where the local folks have no pull.

And in your case of the liquor store or flea market, if the state wanted it so bad, they would override any decision you made in the interest of “progress” and you’d be left with NOTHING, but charging folks $20 to park on your lawn.


39 posted on 03/24/2022 4:44:25 PM PDT by qaz123
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