<div>You're undoubtedly correct, you look at the history of totalitarian governments to see they caused far more destruction and evil than the most authoritarian republics & democracies.</div> <div>It is only 'status-quo' rightwing libertarians who turn me off libertarianism. If for nothing aside from entertainment, I would prefer wild but colorful libertarian radicals to old fashioned conservative libertarians who appear to differ little from republicans.<BR><BR></div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> <DIV> <DIV>The good thing about libertarians is that their system would limit their agenda and abuses to what they could honestly acquire, while with authoritarian government the power to coerce is accumulated
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