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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > I'll add in here, that Libertopia is just as much of a separation from reality as a true communist nation.
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> No.
> It doesn't claim to be a utopia
Just a small quibble about that--if the Libertarian powers that be had
wanted simply to establish a thought-model of a society in which Libertarian
ideals had been fully realized it, and if they also meant no implication of
"utopian" status for that society, then I submit that they could have (and
should have) named it just about anything else, since they could not
possibly have been blind to the would-be utopian overtones of the name.
Obviously, names are just names and in themselves don't validate policy,
but in the political game (in which spin, of course, is everything), then
the Party of Principle should arguably have been more conscious of the
associations they were imparting to their societal ideal.
If, on the other hand, they did indeed mean to imply the utopian status of
such a society, they're welcome to do so, since they're the ones pitching
the idea.
Dave!
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| (...) No. It doesn't claim to be a utopia and it doesn't claim to need ideal conditions in order to succeed and it doesn't depend on everyone being good, or being idealistic, or even having the same goals. Hope that helps. (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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