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Old 11-26-2007, 03:48 PM
ConstantineX ConstantineX is offline
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Default Re: A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)

Zygote, if someone's is going to have a productive discussion with you we have to set reasonable bounds on scope of words. Classifying America as a "theocracy" and "fascist" is not reasonable whatsoever, though of course I can agree elements of those things appear sometimes in our political system.

Alot of your misunderstanding of Moorobot stems from your misunderstanding of the word "legitimacy" and the murky way the word is defined, even in citizens' minds. The very fact that people get to choose their "Mafia" is instrumental in their feelings about the state and their rights according to it. It's pretty clear from history that legitimacy is very hard to confer from an outside populace or foreign power - which is partly why we are having so much trouble in Iraq.
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