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Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 12:50:49 GMT
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Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote:

Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote
Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote:
France at the time
of Les Miserables (the revolution) and England at the time of Dickens
are examples of a Libertarian system

They were no such thing and you're well aware of it.

I know :(  But they had the extremes of poverty and power that are the worst
problems of Libertarianism.

Straw dog. Not even worthy of the straw man title. You're positing from
false assumptions, then attacking your own incorrect conclusions.

The argument has been made here before that freer societies are
generally richer societies, and that includes everyone, not just the top
strata. Refute it or stop. :-)

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(...) Hrmmm... interesting take on that opinion, I suppose. Certainly one of the ways people would try to prevent prison labor. 'Course, in my limited understanding of how prison industries work right now, the prisoners do, in fact, get paid. IMO, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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