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To: Exnihilo
libertarians legitimise economic injustice, by refusing to define it as coercion or initiated force

This trots out the old communist notion of "economic injustice" and redefines the success of one individual as an assault upon all less successful individuals.

Reality: libertarians demand that the individual accept the outcome of market forces

Nonsense. If I don't like the #1 brand, I can buy the #2 -- or #200 -- instead. This is the fundamental reason why the free market is not coercive (unlike politics, where everyone is stuck with what 50%+1 of the voters deserve).

Reality: some form of libertarian government, imposing libertarian policies on non-libertarians

More nonsense. People who want somebody else to tell them what to do, beyond the limited role of libertarian peace-keeping governance, can follow any personal, religious, social, etc. restrictions they like.

Reality: libertarians use the political process in existing states to implement their policies

Dismantling the abuses of existing states is obviously easier when using the existing mechanisms against them. Think of it as political judo.

Reality: libertarians claim the right to decide for others, what constitutes a 'benefit'

There's no meaningful assertion here to refute.

132 posted on 02/01/2002 11:23:55 AM PST by steve-b
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To: steve-b
This trots out the old communist notion of "economic injustice"

And you deny that injustice can exist if it is the result of the economy!
134 posted on 02/01/2002 11:24:56 AM PST by Exnihilo
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