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[quote user="meambobbo"] [quote]The site maintains that if enough people realize the benefits of a free market (defined as the absence of government) then people will gradually "walk away" from government.[/quote] These kinds of statements are amazing to me. In the absence of government there can also be the absence of justice, with
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[quote user="anonnymous"] Yes most answers have been thoroughly answered and yes most of my concerns are with social justice. Thank you for your post! It was easy to read and very informative. I will visit the site you recommended. I wish we could all live without government but how we could do that and then practcally implament such a transition
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[quote user="Libertas est Veritas"][quote user="dreamingoffreedominma"]That is the argument I have heard so its tough because it makes me (and therefore libertarianism in general) look like an eltist position.[/quote] Approving of sweatshops (the voluntary kind) isn't exclusive to libertarianism. Unless I'm mistaken, even
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[quote user="Libertas est Veritas"][quote user="dreamingoffreedominma"]Would you mind elaborating a little more on that position so that I get a better understanding of the meaning of your quote?[/quote] For example, you mentioned sweatshops. Now, if we are talking about slave labor, that is another matter all together, but I see
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[quote user="Libertas est Veritas"][quote user="dreamingoffreedominma"]vulgar libertarianism[/quote] While I agree with the intent of it, we obviously can't isolate ourselves intellectually and keep repeating "it is not a 100% free market situation, therefore I won't touch it". That will see libertarianism go the
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It seems to me like a lot of your questions have been answered thoroughly but I remain sympathetic to your concern for social justice. You hear awful things about the (un)free market today and people instantly associate that with the idea of a free market as proposed by a lot of libertarians (or perhaps they are not stating it explicitly enough). But
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This sort of makes me think about a recent term I came across, whose definition was defined by Kevin Carson: vulgar libertarianism. The idea, to quote Per Bylund, is that of libertarians "who mistakenly identify the current state regulated market as a “free market” and that therefore apply free market logic in defending e.g. sweatshops
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Haha, excellent response JAlanKatz: "This question hinges on the most common misconception about the state - that it's magic. Listen carefully and you'll hear it all the time. I got it just the other day from a coworker who was arguing against anarchy. "But," he said "the market can't provide legal services. The law has
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Excellent response, thanks for clarifying that. It makes a whole lot of sense. It seems that when backed into a hole, statist/socialist type people argue subjectively that certain goods and services are rights. It seems to come down to an emotional response and a lack of free market economic thought - that in actuality, TANSTAAFL. I have heard this
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Thank you for all of the responses. I don't believe in the logic of my friends argument, I am simply trying to figure out, from a libertaria perspective, rebuttals to such statements. Stranger , would you be willing to explain to me what the law of association is and how it is applicable to the topic of discussion? How does the free market prevent