<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">>Only different to those who cannot understand the inevitable end-point of libertarianism.<</span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Just as the end-point of democracy is a stagnant bureaucratic state? The end-point of capitalism is fascism and plutocracy? The end-point of socialism is military dictatorship? </span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The end-point of any system is a situation of extremes and therefore not desirable. When I asked the question I made the assumption that was understood. I was looking for a bit of a nuanced interpretation, much like the one Fred gave. I understand that political discourse tends to evoke passionate responses, but I should have made myself clearer: I was looking for an intellectual response, not a politicized, emotive one. My error.</span></font></div>
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</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Darren<br></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Richard Loosemore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpwl@lightlink.com">rpwl@lightlink.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">spike wrote:<br>
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... On Behalf Of Olga Bourlin<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] Call To Libertarians<br>
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Darren, tell them to visit the Libertarian Paradise: SOMALIA. ;)<br>
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Somalia is an example of anarchy, Olga, not libertarian. Two very different<br>
things. spike<br>
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Only different to those who cannot understand the inevitable end-point of libertarianism. :-)<br>
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Excellent example, Olga!<br>
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Richard Loosemore<br>
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[ducks beneath parapet to get out of the way of incomings]<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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