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MothraAttack
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 Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
Though, in seriousness I do not like the widely held belief that the state is a protector of liberty, civil or other. It is still the greatest threat to our liberty, today. |
See, I can sympathize with that but generally not support it. In the most base sense, who would protect civil liberties in the absence of government? I know some anarcho-capitalists have some nonsense about market interdependence guaranteeing civil liberties but I've never found those convincing. Granted, there isn't (and can't) be any real equality in the world, but what could make the absence or near-absence of government more desirable? |
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mises
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| A government with a clear, tightly framed role as a protector of persons and private property and absolutely nothing else would be ideal for individual liberty. It will never happen and the state will continue to be used as a means of social control for powerful groups. Liberty will improve here and there over time, and be lost elsewhere depending on the winds of passion in the groups with power. |
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