[extropy-chat] FWD (SK) Re: Market forces, state ownership (Re: Even M**x showed signs of authoritarianism?)

[Samantha Atkins]

On Apr 18, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Terry W. Colvin wrote:

> At 11:19 AM 4/18/2006, Beth Wolszon wrote:
>
>>>> You seem to have the mentality of Fred: - I managed to make it,
>>>> so the system works and all the losers who cannot make it
>>>> are just lousy lazy thickos who deserve to suffer.
>>>
>>> An attitude so common among US "libertarians" that it could be
>>> promulgated as The Libertarian Creed.
>>
>> I've always taken their motto to be: "I got mine, Jack - the hell  
>> with you."
>
> Pretty much the same thing. The Libertarians I know (and I use the
> upper case "L" for a reason) cast it in terms of superior knowledge
> and ability. They were "smart" enough to plan for the future, and
> "smart" enough to invest wisely, work hard, etc., and anyone who,
> say, had a child develop a catastrophic disease resulting in medical
> bills which bankrupt them obviously weren't "smart" enough, and those
> losers should be allowed to eat cat food if they don't have enough
> money to both eat and meet their other bills.
>

No Libertarians or libertarians say any such thing as Libertarians.   
What is the point of such a blatantly false claim as yours and the  
ones you are responding to?

- samantha