[HLMencken]

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Do you understand what I mean by "crippling the world economically"? I mean coercively reducing world productivity drasticaly, increasing world poverty by a commensurate amount.

Freedom never lowers productivity.

Luckily the strength of capitalism is not just in morality. It also produces by far the best results economically.

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Then argue in terms of freedom. What's good for the economy is just incidental. "Because it would hurt the economy" should never be the means that a libertarian or ACer should advocate policy. F--k the economy, I'd rather have no obtrusive government and grow a garden, ride a bike, and live a simple, free life.