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Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
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Fri, 11 May 2001 01:59:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Libertopian corporate officers whould have no such protection if what they
did was egregiously negligent, although I grant such is the case today.

Yeah for Libertopia!  These corporate sharks rape the system for all it's
worth, cash in their stock options, and then let the company take the fall
for their crimes.  It's one reason why I don't trust corporate america at
all - they are extremely short-sighted.  The company and consumers will
catch hell?  So what?  I'll just cover it all up as best I can, and by the
time it all comes out, it's someone else's responsiblity.  Get some good old
fashioned personal responsiblity in there and you'll see a lot of that go
away.

I'm confused.  I expected this to be anti-libertarian and so read sarcasm into
it.  But I don't think that it's warranted.  Are you serious, Bruce?  The
opinion (sarcastic intent or not) is exactly how I feel.  Put the ass of policy
makers on the line and policy will make more sense.

Chris



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(...) I've said before I often agree with Libertarian theory - on paper. In practice, I think it has some serious problems - to be fair, what philosophy doesn't? I registered Libertarian to help get them on the California ballot many years ago, if (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) That's 'cause the government didn't bother to read the rules to Illuminati: Weird Groups (Gamers) are immune to Government Groups (Secret Service). Fnord. (...) Yeah for Libertopia! These corporate sharks rape the system for all it's worth, (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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