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My point is this: the concept of a larger government is very murky, so we should be very careful when we're talking about it. The stereotypical libertarian will
by scarmig 13y ago
My point is this: the concept of a larger government is very murky, so we should be very careful when we're talking about it. The stereotypical libertarian will propose universal, strict enforcement of violence used to protect people to whom the State has granted monopoly access to material goods. I don't recognize that as a smaller State than someone who proposes that except annually taking some proportion of it and redistributing it.
One state may be better than the other, but it's still all pile of violence, configured in a different way.
- anoncowherd 13y ago>> My point is this: the concept of a larger government is very murky, so we should be very careful when we're talking about it. The US government is pretty fucking large right now, is it not? In fact, it's an Empire, and serves as a great warning example of what a minimal government can/will become. >> One state may be better than the other, but it's still all pile of violence, configured in a different way. Exactly. So how about no State then? They say that the difference between a Minarchist and an Anarchist is "about six months". The period of time in between is irrelevant. The point is that a lot of Libertarians end up going all the way once they start seeing reality for what it is.