[headsonpikes]

Yoshida is a polemicist - he simplifies to make his point.

He is not to my particular taste - neither are those 'bubble-boy' theoretical libertarians who abjure realpolitik in favor of Utopia.

I've seen a few of those here.

[JohnGalt]

I've seen them as well. They keep claiming empires abroad can coexist with liberty at home. The Welfare-Warfare state needs them to maintain any kind of facade of legitimacy. How else could they pass Amnesty Bills that legalize, you know, actual invaders instead of bogeymen on TV that only scare soccer moms? And how else could they claim to defend the realm by centralizing and disarming its own citizenry?

Silly, really, but we bravely go forward.