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A challenge to minarchist

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JCFolsom replied on Mon, Aug 25 2008 4:57 PM

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GWilly:
Remember that Minarchs are intrinsically democratic - I alone would never be given the power to decide a course of action, all that we can do is democratically agree on the definition of the question & then democratically vote on it.

Well, that's nonsense. If you really want to maintain minarchy, a small government, a principled individual autocrat would be far superior to a democracy. One stubborn SOB could maintain liberty far better than the whim of the masses.

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VanDoodah replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 2:46 PM

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Niccolò:

Jared:

If the law says to pay taxes, and somebody breaks the law, they are not innocent of breaking the law. Would I have the right? No, as president I would have the obligation to enforce law. What are the libertarian ideals, exactly, which contradict presidents performing their paid functions? As president, should I just ignore what my employers have called me for?

You aren't an employee. You're a tyrant; you'll be delt with by bullet to the head.

Internet hardman, eh? I presume you're being taxed at the moment - are you killing politicians and employees of the IRS? No. And you wouldn't in the proposed scenario, either.

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bloomj31 replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 7:56 PM

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In response to the OP, how many people are in the CFC?

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scineram replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:09 PM

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Niccolo sadly is not around anymore. And he was not paying taxes. He went underground and on welfare I think.

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Stranger replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:26 PM

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Last I heard he hit Silvio Berlusconi in the face with a statue of the Duomo.

The fallacies of intellectual communism, a compilation - On the nature of power

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Stranger replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:27 PM

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bloomj31:

In response to the OP, how many people are in the CFC?

What difference does it make? Let's say 1 million.

The fallacies of intellectual communism, a compilation - On the nature of power

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bloomj31 replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 8:34 PM

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Stranger:

What difference does it make? Let's say 1 million.

And how many of us are in the minarchist camp?

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Stranger replied on Fri, Dec 18 2009 9:07 PM

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bloomj31:

Stranger:

What difference does it make? Let's say 1 million.

And how many of us are in the minarchist camp?

One thousand billion.

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AnonLLF replied on Sun, Jan 24 2010 3:46 PM

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A little bit of coercion is still coercion.

I don't really want to comment or read anything here.I have near zero in common with many of you.I may return periodically when there's something you need to know.

Near Mutualist/Libertarian Socialist.

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