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Re: For Larry and other Libertarians
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:07:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> Though, to be said, Larry has mentioned (iirc) that he's a small 'l'
> libertarian...
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> http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/06/28_hell.html
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> "These conservatives contend that virtually all economic and social institutions
> are better managed when privatized and unregulated. According to this
> libertarian theory, the greed (i.e., profit motive) of investing private
> individuals is, in virtually all cases, mystically transformed into the optimum
> public good. The exceptions are the police, the military, the courts and the
> legislatures which, they concede, are properly confined to the public sector
> "
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> Nice aricle.
Nice in the sense that it's full of straw dogs like this one:
"The only way for the Randvillians to deal with the free riders is to coerce
labor on the levees, or assess taxes in lieu of labor. "
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Why don't you, as a thought experiment, see if you can think of a few ways that
don't require coercion? I was able to come up with one in less than 30 seconds.
The whole rest of the article is riddled with similar errors, as well as a great
deal of "group X is similar to group Y in the following respects and since group
X believe Z, Y must as well (when in fact it doesn't)" and even more of bashing
stuff like mixed-mode privatization...
ya, it's nice all right. Total waste of time.
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) But how do you get around the idea that corporations *do* follow the bottom line. I mean, it's inherently what they do. And if the environment gets screwed in the process, that's their (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Though, to be said, Larry has mentioned (iirc) that he's a small 'l' libertarian... (URL) conservatives contend that virtually all economic and social institutions are better managed when privatized and unregulated. According to this libertarian (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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