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To: billybudd
What you said was untrue. Hope that helps.
173 posted on 11/18/2002 4:30:32 PM PST by Demidog
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To: Demidog
My point was simply that libertarians tend to criticise and seek to reverse government policy, as a way of expressing their politics. So, they look to the government for a solution in the sense that they expect the government to change in order to bring about a freer society. I'm arguing that this is backwards; most effort should be spent on educating people and attempting to change the culture at a very fundamental, philosophical level. In this way, a free society can develop from the bottom up. Changes in government policy would come later, but much easier and at less political cost. So basically, I'm arguing against libertarianism as a political party, but for it as a philosophical/ideological movement. Hope I clarified myself.
195 posted on 11/19/2002 3:48:57 AM PST by billybudd
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