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[William Flynn Wallace]

 I've noticed all too frequently, libertarian-leaning folks quickly morph
into authoritarians once they
get close to power.  dan

And look what happens in S. America and elsewhere:  the communists overrun
the government, nationalize industry, etc.  They get control of the
military and turn into dictatorships.  Power is so very addictive.   bill w

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 8:50 AM Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 2020-10-22 04:42, John Grigg via extropy-chat wrote:
> > I grew up in Alaska, and we had a gregarious individual who always had a
> > booth at the state fair, where he would promote his organization that
> > had the goal of Alaska seceding from America, so it could be its own
> > nation. My stepfather would always take some time to argue with the guy,
> > by saying that without the American military to protect it, Alaska could
> > never stay free from Russia.
>
> When?  Some years ago I heard more than one person speculate that the
> USA should buy Siberia.  (My reaction: acquire a land border with China?)
>
> --
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