From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 23:37:32 MDT
From: <Dehede011@aol.com>
> In a message dated 6/17/2003 8:21:39 PM Central Standard Time,
> mlorrey@yahoo.com writes: Between the collapse of the Soviets, the
conversion of the> Chinese, and the partial reforms of many european welfare
state systems in the> 1990's, as well as the end of hyperinflation in the
banana states as well as the> spread of democracy there, voting with one's
feet has had a pretty good record in > the last century. Hopefully, the
Free State Project will find similar > success in pushing the US further
toward liberty.
> Mike,
> My greatest hope is that we can move closer and closer to a
> libertarian world. I think you could add one more reason for hope. In my
experience > the non libertarian viewpoints don't stand up well in the light
of either
> experience, theory or the free market of ideas.
Yes, can't you just ... see it?: homeless libertarians, poor and starving
libertarians, baby libertarians, Muslim libertarians, teenage libertarians,
Seventh Day Adventist libertarians, Green libertarians, Mormon libertarians,
animal rights libertarians, libertarian druggies and libertarian droogies,
libertarian librarians and even libertarian libertarians.
When (when? when? when?) have we ever had a successful libertarian
society/culture? Where? How long ago? For how long? What happened? Why?
As for something standing up well in light of anything very reasonable or
preferable or even sane ... woo woo doesn't stand up well in the light of
rationality, reason, materialism, science, common sense, practicality,
intellectual maturity or mental health, but that doesn't preclude its
unparalleled popularity.
Olga
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