[extropy-chat] Why I am No Longer a Libertarian Either...

[Al Brooks]

Oh, sure. The poor have to do what they must to
survive and try to get ahead. Poverty remains self
perpetuating 'only' for the near future. Successive
generations can develop affluence, and those who have
what it takes can become posthuman. 
What I have doubts about, just for starters, is union
activity. Unions in the 20th century helped raise the
standard of living for laborers; the negative result
was infiltration by mobsters-- and the other
consequences.


> 
> If there were an undefeatable ogre who took as his
> tax three virgins per 
> year would the fact that he was undefeatable make
> you not try to save 
> the virgins?  If there were 100 strong men in the
> country shouldn't they 
> grab their pitchforks?  What about when they come
> for your daughter?


		
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