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Old July 8th, 2013 #10
jaekel
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Originally Posted by confederate View Post
it is a neo-cohn philosophy at its root. studied long enough, it becomes clear that libertarianism is sophistry designed to do nothing more than to irritate the established philosophic and political order, by fawning for a return to an imagined past that in reality never was. it performs the same function of the slave riding on the victorious roman general's parade chariot while repeating "glory is fleeting". in short, libertarianism is a circle-jerk. feels good, accomplishes nothing and leaves a mess.
I understood it to be about freedoms. Constitutional freedoms as in business hire who you want, freedom of association, etc. Sell or rent to who you wish, turn away anyone for any reason, etc. At least that's what they claimed to be.
They even speak out against israel.