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To: jamesRI1776
Lew Rockwell and mises.org I find are the only consistent and intellectually satisfying sites dedicated to liberty.

Lew Rockwell is "intellectually satisfying" only in the sense that I find myself feeling very satisfied that I'm not a whackjob like the folks who spew there.

78 posted on 02/04/2004 8:24:58 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Lew Rockwell is "intellectually satisfying" only in the sense that I find myself feeling very satisfied that I'm not a whackjob like the folks who spew there.

Most of the folk over there fall into the same intellectual trap; they confuse acting rationally with assuming that others will act rationally.

The truth is that many people act irrationally, and you have to take that into account when making your own rational decisions. Too often, the ieologues at Rockwell don't do that. They come up with a nice plan, assume that it will work because other people will react to it based on pure reason and self-interest, and then assert that they've solved a problem. But when people are willing to blow themselves up to reach Paradise and 77 virgins, assuming rational responses to rational stimuli is a pipe dream.

86 posted on 02/04/2004 8:50:20 AM PST by XJarhead
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