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To: SoCalPol

Saying libertarians reject all rules and laws is a complete misunderstanding of libertarianism or classical liberalism. It accepts the rules of culture, the free market, conscience, religion if private, etc., which is how US common law came to be in the first place. It simply rejects top-down government-made law as an inefficient and unjust system of exploitation used to plunder the masses. Saying that libertarians support chaos is a myth propagated by the far left and statists to spread fear and doubt and to destroy the free market, calling it laissez-faire capitalism. It is agreement with their principles that leads and has lead to tyranny and the worst forms of socialism/statism. But feel free to disagree. That’s what this is all about.

Not that it matters, but I do live in Europe, and I speak both German and Russian, having lived multiple years in both countries. I see the damage religious fanaticism is causing here and the real problems foreigners face as immigrants. I used to be a hard-core conservative, but have found libertarianism to be more in line with true liberty, because the free market is the only thing keeping us somewhat free. Republicans betrayed those principles under Bush and drove many of us away from them. I am still a bit socially conservative, though I think that is a private matter not to be enforced by government.


18 posted on 11/30/2009 1:10:44 PM PST by Anarchydeluxe
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To: Anarchydeluxe

I spent time in East Germany in several cities and towns
in 1983, not an easy task. Saw first hand the mind set
that keeps up the anti war mantra here in America.
I also have many relatives fighting in this current war.

The anti war people can sit back like leaches while the adults fight to make sure another 3,000 Americans and others won’t be killed in another 9/11


19 posted on 11/30/2009 1:40:51 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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