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Old 11-26-2007, 11:23 AM
pvn pvn is offline
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Default Re: A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)

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Your views are, imo, ultimately based on hope,

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As opposed to the statist utopians who have a great system that would work if only they could get the "right" people in power?

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and having a political discussion with you isn't, even in principle, going to change your mind.

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This is way off. The group of ACists actually contains more people who are the most likely to change their mind. This should be obvious by simply looking at the numbers. Most ACists were statists not that long ago. Republicans and Democrats yell at each other all day and nobody there ever changes their mind (because really they are already in agreement and they're just bickering over window dressing).
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Old 11-26-2007, 11:28 AM
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Default Re: A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)

FWIW I was transformed to an ACist like 15 months ago and now Im not an ACist.
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Old 11-26-2007, 02:14 PM
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FWIW I was transformed to an ACist like 15 months ago and now Im not an ACist.

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tell me more. more specifically what is the key issue that accounts for your most recent change, and how do you classify yourself now?
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