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[quote user="Drew"]And how can a welfare state make that happen?[/quote] I'm opposed to the welfare state as much as you. But I figure that over time an increased diversity of ethnicity and cultural norms will result in a positive correlation with the Libertarian mindset of a population (i.e., it is immigration, not the welfare state that
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[quote user="Drew"]Yes, that's what will most likely happen. I think that's why Rothbard was againts it, even Friedman.[/quote] It is a risk but I believe that the positives of increased overall economic output will outweigh the negatives of welfare and over time, the society will become more Libertarian. [quote user="evilsocialistfellow"
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[quote user="Drew"]Isn't the welfare state commiting a dangerous act when it opens the border?[/quote] How do you mean? That it risks attracting a host of welfare clients? Or that it risks increasing tensions between nationals and migrant populations?
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[quote user="Eugene"]Opening the borders would work only in anarcho-capitalism, but Israel is a welfare state. Would you open your borders completely to Afghan people? [/quote] Absolutely! I don't buy into the whole Rothbardian theme of free immigration is ok under certain conditions but not for welfare states. Its my own beliefs that
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[quote user="Eugene"]What should country A do?[/quote] Open borders to Palestine Country B?
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[quote user="liberty student"] Democracy Dumbocracy is mob rule. It has nothing to do with ethics.[/quote] Fixed
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http://www.youtube.com/user/CSMIRROR#p/u/3/aNL0WifSHic If you watch this sense, you will see that it makes much more sense why the early anarchists opposed private property and could not see a non-authoritarian form of private property, especially in countries just rising up out of feudalism. In my mind, this kind of legitimises the view points of many
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[quote user="z1235"]It doesn't. Remember, values are subjective. You cannot impose your subjective valuations onto person C. Only if person C himself subjectively valued action X (him "helping" B) more than action Y (him minding his own business, eating cake, or using the $ you would coerce out of him for his daughter's cancer
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[quote user="Drew"] Sorry, I 'd like to see if I still got it right. I should have been more clear. So I'll address two questions, just in case. I only have the answer for one. 1.Are you asking how can, let's say, a stateless USA with a free market help the people in Darfur?[/quote] Yeah it was this one (although I didn't mean
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[quote user="z1235"]If you observe that person A performs (what you perceive to be) aggression on person B, you would advocate coercing (at the point of a gun) person C into "helping" person B by aggressing person A. Does this sum your stance about right?[/quote] I'd say my stance is more that it is justified is the coercion