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Liberty Is Not Suicide

February 22, 2014 By Mark Draughn 7 Comments

Over at Defending Dandelions, "nidefatt" isn't happy with libertarians like myself and Scott Greenfield. (I don't think Scott's ever identified himself as a libertarian, but he sometimes sounds like one.) In an earlier post, he commented on Scott's constitution-is-not-a-suicide-pact post, and more recently he responded to my own response to Scott's post: [...] The ideas are … [Read more...] about Liberty Is Not Suicide

Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship!

May 11, 2013 By Ken Gibson Leave a Comment

Chris Hallquist intrigued me with a recent post about the number of crazy people who think an armed revolution will be needed in the US in the next few years. I'll ignore the horrible infographic he used at the start of the post for now since I'm currently more interested in his attitude toward such an armed rebellion against the government.Chris suggests that these people … [Read more...] about Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship!

“I’ve got mine, Jack!” Is a Lie

April 9, 2013 By Mark Draughn 3 Comments

I've heard Stephen Colbert summarize the Objectivist mindset -- and by extension, libertarian mindset -- as "I've got mine, Jack!" This is true as far as it goes, but it is also a lie by omission.Consider this story in the Wall Street Journal: There’s no free lunch, goes the old saying. The IRS may take that literally.The Internal Revenue Service is looking into the … [Read more...] about “I’ve got mine, Jack!” Is a Lie

Libertarian Society/Socialist Society

December 16, 2012 By Mark Draughn 5 Comments

Over at Popehat, Patrick is asking readers to come up with a response to this:Patrick's own response is pretty good:Popehat readers have stepped up in the comments and offered other suggestions, and this one from Erbo is pretty good:(For you young kids, the bottom one is a scene from Logan's Run.)For my own entry, I figured why go Sci-Fi? We have … [Read more...] about Libertarian Society/Socialist Society

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