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russian_bot's avatar

"destroyed by the title of her book" - "Howie Shrinked", was it?

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Howard Pearce - Libertarian's avatar

you require people to associate with the state and therefore oppose Freedom of Association for most likely State-Mandated ones

And you want to call that Liberal ?

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russian_bot's avatar

I was right - you're quoting passages from it.

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Howard Pearce - Libertarian's avatar

and you doi nort even have the guts to admit you require people to associate with the state

I have no problem admitting my beliefs

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russian_bot's avatar

Just give us a range of pages - interested parties will consult the source.

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Howard Pearce - Libertarian's avatar

why

you already support the state mandating associations to people !!!!

That can include state slavery too

Tell me a principle you do support after rejecting Freedom of Association !

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Lance R. Fletcher's avatar

That’s kinda one of the points of the piece here.

It’s choosing which master you want.

The federal government as state, or the states as state.

Both parties are demanding acquiescence to a state - just at different levels.

Libertarians? Like Rand? They want acquiescence to a de facto state of a subset of society arbitrarily deemed superior, the wealthy.

Pick you poison. But make no mistake, it’s all poison. And it’s all a state.

You want voluntary associations, you won’t find that under capitalism. That’s anarchism. And why anarchism advocates for the wholesale elimination of capitalism.

AnCaps are just libertarians cosplaying punk rockers.

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