Posted on 03/10/2005 6:17:35 PM PST by curiosity
This should be an interesting thread to watch!
"If Marxism is the delusion that one can run society purely on altruism and collectivism, then libertarianism is the mirror-image delusion that one can run it purely on selfishness and individualism. Society in fact requires both individualism and collectivism, both selfishness and altruism, to function."
So keeping out of other folks business is Communism??
It will certainly get some juices flowing among this crowd.
It will be like watching the DUmmies on election night.
Sounds to me like a preemptive shot against people that are PO'ed with the lack of cojones displayed by the current Republican party.
Wow Ive never been confused with a marxist before.
Carry on.
Woops. Sorry about that. I forgot to check before posting it. It was so recent that it did not occur to me it could have already been posted.
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No, but it's the one hardest to hold onto.
It's the one without which the others are valueless.
It's the one Governments, ideologies and religions most endanger.
No, I'm not a libertarian of any stripe.
I'm a Goldwater Republican and a pragmatist, and I know that you can't turn your back on any large organization, no matter what it claims, or even believes, it's intentions are.
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And Marxism, however refined, is still always wrong.
What this really amounts to is an assertion that he is entitled to attack strawmen.
Ditto. Well-said.
It's never happened in American history.
What if it needed to limit oil imports to protect the economic freedom of its citizens from unfriendly foreigners?
Again, this has never happened. Oil import restrictions in hte past only depleted our our own supplies faster; while keeping prices higher.
What if it needed to force its citizens to become sufficiently educated to sustain a free society?
What if we need to make people wear their underwear on the outside to make sure they change them everyday? I trust American parents to educate their own children, not the NEA-dominated government school system.
What if it needed to deprive landowners of the freedom to refuse to sell their property as a precondition for giving everyone freedom of movement on highways?
What if we rely on voluntary exchange and a market economy, instead of relying on the wisdom and good will of bureaucrats and special interests who may want to take your land for all sorts of "public" purposes.
What if it needed to deprive citizens of the freedom to import cheap foreign labor in order to keep out poor foreigners who would vote for socialistic wealth redistribution?
Well, if we did, which of the government parties are we going to rely on to do this...the Democrats? The Republicans? At least libertarians would not be rolling out a red carpet of social benefits that acts as a magnet for foreign parasites.
going for butter ping
If you're too good for the GOP, there ain't no party good enough for you, LP voter!
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