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My response so far, I haven't sent it to him yet: [quote]Hey thanks for the response, I had to leave our debate prematurely because I had to work last night (gotta make that paycheck so ¼ of it can go to the gov. to keep society afloat!) I’ll try my best to address the points you’ve made: ‘Community participation’
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Yes, depending on how you define it. He got close to perfect on the SAT and got into Stanford. Basically he is very smart in the realms where we're "allowed" to be smart. I consider being able to break out of that box an essential part of intelligence, however. He would be a great person to have on the side of liberty.
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An intelligent friend of mine (Stanford undergrad) who happens to be a pretty closed-minded, mainstream liberal, Obama-supporting kind of guy, recently got into a debate with me about Obama's plans for gov't mandated community service. For those who are unfamiliar, he plans to have middle and highschoolers submit to 50 hours of community service
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Ugh. I've just decided on an econ major and signed up for my classes for next semester, but now I'm starting to really doubt that it will be worth the effort and money. What about the argument that to truly understand your position you must fully understand your opponent? Mises could not have been as great as he was without his understanding
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Hello, I'm new to these forums and to libertarianism in general, but I was wondering if I could get a little help with an assignment for philosophy & society class. The question goes like this: Why does Nozick believe that patterned theories of justice are incompatible with liberty? How do you think Rawls would respond to Nozick's arguement