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Snow Crash, The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon (all by Neal Stephenson) served as good introduction to libertarianism for me. They work especially well on people who are into Science Fiction. Also, The Cathedral And The Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond, although I should stress that this one will only work on people with a computer science background.
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In my High school AP Government/Econ class, out of thirty students there was one market anachist (me), and one communist. Both the communist and I had a group of about three or four people who seemed sympathetic to what we were saying. The rest didn'tseem to really have any political opinions of their own. This group voted overwhealmingly for Obama
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The Trees by Rush: There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they
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Durring my senior year in high school, I was enrolled in an AP Biology class, in which I was often a driving force in class discussions, and did very well on tests, but often refused to do homework, or participate in mandatory notetaking, and thus recieved a mediocre grade. When asked why I choose to take such an advanced class, even though I had no
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[quote user="eliotn"] I find that the same thing is true. There is a school forum. I lay out the facts, and I repeatedly get a no, no, you must be wrong. [/quote] In my experience, this is mostly true; however, for every 20 people who refuse to conceed that you might have a point, there will be at least one who remains silent, but thinks to
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[quote user="Andrew"] The Forgotten Man ? [/quote] The Forgotten Man was by William Grahm Sumner (not sure if I spelled that right).
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I can personally recomend Menken's Notes on Democracy , which is both insightfull, and full of Menken's rapier wit.
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If you want a ray of hope, here it is: The Joker's Grand Scheme to prove that all grand schemes ultimatly fail itself failed. You seem to have missed the entire point of the film: Batman gave Gothom its Light Knight in the form of Harvey Dent. But while the gothomites are sustained by their belief in their Light Knight, its the Dark Knight who deserves
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So I just finished reading John Dies At The End , a darkly halarious e-book available for free at http://www.johndiesattheend.com. Although the tone was mostly apolitical, (mainly black comedy with a bit of Lovecraftian horror ), it did contain the following bit of dialogue which I think explains the statist mindset better than any other pop-cultural
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[quote user="Eric"] I will be a senior in high school very soon, and every year, my socialist teachers spoon feed lies to the students. Most of the students believe anything they hear from a teacher. Whenever I try to prove one of my teachers wrong, I either get into trouble, or the other students just blow it off because they know the all