tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18183386.post116060406669624301..comments2023-10-31T04:34:04.712-07:00Comments on BigNewsDay: "Libertarianism for the real world"BigNewsDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614571463344573934noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18183386.post-1160683918214149532006-10-12T13:11:00.000-07:002006-10-12T13:11:00.000-07:00Yeap, and if the Republicans can leave the religeo...Yeap, and if the Republicans can leave the religeous nuts back in the stone age, then maybe they too could stand for freedom.<BR/><BR/>It probably won't happen, which is why I'm abandoning everybody but a very select few from the D's and the R's for this election.BlackLabelAxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549190860372632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18183386.post-1160664187119296372006-10-12T07:43:00.000-07:002006-10-12T07:43:00.000-07:00this really could be the future of politics. If t...this really could be the future of politics. If the Dems can get their shit together enough to peal off the best of Libertarian views on individual and social liberty, while still protecting the consumer and individual from abuses of private as well as government power, they could once again become a force for progressive values and leave the republicans to the religious nuts.B.L. Sabob: Not amusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166963950406125879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18183386.post-1160611948856844372006-10-11T17:12:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:12:00.000-07:00These are very good points. For the free market t...These are very good points. For the free market to overlook the rights of its individuals will pave the way for a terrible monopoly of competition and/or a monopoly of ideas.<BR/><BR/>Among the rights that must absolutely always be upheld are the freedom of speech, our patent laws, and the right to never be harassed by the federal government as an individual (which the 16th Amendment actually repealed).<BR/><BR/>Good stewardship of these liberties is what seperates Libertarian governance from pure Anarchy.BlackLabelAxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549190860372632noreply@blogger.com