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spiritsplice commented on the post, Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind, on the site Independent Voter Network 11 months, 1 week ago
Blake,
How is the popularity of an idea in any way relevant to its morality? Was slavery any less wrong because it was accepted by most people? Is theft any less wrong because a bunch of people think the money […]
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spiritsplice commented on the post, Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind, on the site Independent Voter Network 11 months, 1 week ago
There is no need for government. This idea is based on the mistaken notion that a person can have authority to tell another what to do. Government is a fiction, an excuse used by people to control others. Since no […]
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spiritsplice commented on the post, Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind, on the site Independent Voter Network 11 months, 1 week ago
Limited government cannot exist. If you aren’t an anarchist then you believe in coercion, therefore you are not a libertarian. You are a statist.
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spiritsplice commented on the post, Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind, on the site Independent Voter Network 11 months, 1 week ago
There cannot be such a thing as a “libertarian president”. Libertarians are defined by the non-aggression principle, which makes them necessarily anarchists. Presidents rule, free men do not have rulers.
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