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[quote user="Student"] I. If folks like Ron Paul put as much energy to addressing income inequality as he did the frickin' Gold Standard, I think he (and the libertarian movement) would have had much more diverse supporters. But I would not hold my breath on this happening with any lib candidate in the near future. [/quote] But there will
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[quote user="Laughing Man"] [quote user="sicsempertyrannis"]IIRC he denies the plausibility of anarchy in The Revolution: a Manifesto.[/quote] I have the book in my library. Do you remember what page or chapter it is in? [/quote] From memory no, but it was early on in the book.
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[quote user="Conza88"] [quote user="Thedesolateone"]Ron Paul is a minarchist (minimum government) who supports essentially what anarchists support, up to the point of keeping "public" courts, police, "national defence".[/quote] Nope. Please provide a link / evidence / source of him denying / refuting self government
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[quote user="Esuric"] Hahaha, classic. Call him a statist. [/quote] That's right, insulting your parents is a great way to spread libertarian ideas.
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[quote user="John Ess"] Saying that putting someone's pay down to one cent per hour is immoral is nonsensical, if firing someone is okay. Benedict should either create/prove an ethics or stay out of the ethics game. It could be up to your faith; but then you have no business making accusations about Mises Institute being a cult or Block
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[quote user="Marko"] I read the stuff The American Conservative puts up on the internet. Tom Woods is a contributer there, BTW. [/quote] It isnt half the magazine it used to be, its now run by a beltway conservative and it shows. Now they take cheap potshots at their own founder (Pat Buchanan) over something Pat was correct about (WWII).
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[quote user="filc"] [quote user="sicsempertyrannis"]Much of it can be, but you would have to repudiate some of the more immoral philosophers and ideas (Walter Block in particular).[/quote] I think I'd rather be excommunicated. Block is the man. [/quote] Well, from a Catholic morals perspective, much of his philosophy is completely
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Off topic, but welcome back Giles.
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[quote user="John Ess"] [quote user="sicsempertyrannis"] [quote user="fakename"] [quote user="sicsempertyrannis"]Within the context of Catholicism, it most definitely is.[/quote] You'd have to prove that papal authority applies to x, which is precisely the disagreement woods has. As such saying you must agree
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[quote user="fakename"] [quote user="sicsempertyrannis"]Within the context of Catholicism, it most definitely is.[/quote] You'd have to prove that papal authority applies to x, which is precisely the disagreement woods has. As such saying you must agree with the pope won't help woods or anyone else that disbelieves the pope