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Old 03-03-2007, 04:01 AM
Skidoo Skidoo is offline
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Default Re: Why Is AC/Libertarianism So Bothersome?

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When you are a strong believer of individual sovereignty who thinks that aggression against your private property should be swiftly punished, it makes it very hard to be civil with a socialist who is trying to do what you would see as aggression. And vice-versa; I'm sure that liberals dislike hearing support for a system that denies goods, services and equality to those whom they believe need it more.

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The sovereignty of the individual was precisely why the republican form of government of the United States of America was established.

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The form of government enshrined in the Constitution that is now almost completely ignored by the federal government?

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No, the form of government established through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution which is now ignored by the federal government only to the extent that the sovereign power in this county, i.e. the People, permit it.

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The Founding Fathers made a very good attempt at building a government to protect the invidual, but ultimately, they failed.

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They did not fail. Had a system of "anarcho-capitalist" plutocracy been put in place instead, we might as well have never fought the Revolutionary War.
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