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To: Roscoe

When a person chooses to sell part or all of his labor it is not slavery. [1184 Zon]

Wrong.

There's at least 150 million Americans that sell part of their labor every day. They sell their labor by choice. Employers don't initiate force or coercion to make people work for the business. The only initiation of force is the IRS "legitimized" extortion.

Slavery should remain unconstitutional, even if that conflicts with Libertarian style rationalizations about the nature of contract.

In the post you responded to I explained that slavery is illegal because it is the initiation of force. Here's the quote...

"Slavery is the initiation of force. When a person chooses to sell part or all of his labor it is not slavery. The person has a choice and there is no initiation of force that caused his or her decision. Modern day slavery is expressed with the IRS and income tax that is "legitimized" extortion -- initiated force and coercion." [1184]

The Libertarian doctrine as it is read by honest people do not equate choice to work (selling ones own labor) with slavery.

I'm not a Libertarian. A person need not be a Libertarian to expose your dishonest tactics.



1,189 posted on 01/21/2002 1:10:58 PM PST by Zon
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To: Zon; Roscoe
I'm not a Libertarian.

Then what are you?

1,193 posted on 01/21/2002 5:28:06 PM PST by Barnacle
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To: Zon
There's at least 150 million Americans that sell part of their labor every day.

Someone who sells themselves into perpetual servitude is a slave. Such slavery is forbidden by the 13th Amendment, but is consistent with Libertarianism and its mutations.

1,195 posted on 01/21/2002 11:14:35 PM PST by Roscoe
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