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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by cloudfifty on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:14AM (#28106850)
> Libertarianism isn't bad on spec

How is it not? It's deeply anti-democratic, basically handing over power to corporations and wealthy people. It's not like its biggest proponents are advocating "a great reset" where all people will start at zero property again or something, it's just a power grab for the already propertied.

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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by tptacek on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:54PM (#28110949)
Since I'm not a Libertarian, I'm the wrong person to ask to mount a defense of it.
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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by cloudfifty on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:59AM (#28113741)
Alright. I'm just annoyed that such obviously reactionary stuff get the benefit of the doubt constantly, and to add insult do injury, call it freedom.
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