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    But, he's a bit off with the "But, they then feel free to declare the "playing field" level, and that all should follow their rules" bit. You really can't all be level if there're laws that give preference or disfavor someone or some group. Any person that gets... more

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  • Rated by heathenlad on Jun 23, 8:06am

    This was more or less the same path that i followed, only mine was about 6 months long

  • Rated by Speedoman on Apr 20 2009, 11:44am

    You're mistaken to put your trust in any human government.

  • Rated by Korin43 on Feb 05 2009, 4:34pm

    I agree that Libertarianism has problems, but: * The fact that people think they're right doesn't mean their not. * Read about Deontology for a non-religious argument for natural rights (very simple version: you wouldn't want to be [x], don't [x] other people).

  • Rated by velation on Jan 09 2009, 10:28am

    If you hadn't considered these obvious objections (and dismissed them) during your 15 years as a libertarian you'd have to have a serious deficit when it comes to critical thinking. This is confirmed by the content of this article. Many assertions are made with no evidence or argument to back them up, including (ironically) the assertion that libertarians make assertions without arguments to back them up. (Of course, this is patently false; you can believe libertarians are wrong, but you'd have to know nothing whatsoever about the philosophy to really think they don't have arguments to back up statements like "taxation is theft".)

  • Rated by scrabbleddie on Jan 06 2009, 3:34pm

    Basic services-- (that are thought of as unnecessary by Libertarians)-- are humane and for the common good, as long as they are within budgetary constraints.

  • Reviewed by jason344 on Dec 31 2008, 1:12pm

    I don't find any of the "I used to be this, but now I'm this!" things entertaining or shocking.

  • Rated by SchmSte8 on Dec 31 2008, 10:59am

    But, he's a bit off with the "But, they then feel free to declare the "playing field" level, and that all should follow their rules" bit. You really can't all be level if there're laws that give preference or disfavor someone or some group. Any person that gets preferential treatment is at the expense of someone else. I'm actually not quite sure he really understood what libertarianism is. Look at his natural rights thing, could there be a supposed diety behind them? Yeah, but could they also be arrived at without it? Certainly, I personally believe that everyone has the same rights regardless of certain innumerable nuances. Did I get that believing in a god? Nope, I got it by humanism. But, I will say this, everyone has their own opinions about what is best to be done and everyone that doesn't seriously try to argue/think through those beliefs, well, they really don't know what they believe.