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Re:A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.) by johngunderman on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:16AM (#428890)
which is exactly why no ideology should be taken to an extreme. You end up with Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin.
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Re:A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.) by ckinnan on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:23AM (#428897)
On the whole, the Founding Fathers were extremists for liberty. They were quite radical, by the standard of their day and certainly by today's standards.

Extreme liberty == Articles of Confederation (the first failed U.S. government, wasn't strong enough) versus extreme national socialism == 10s of millions dead.

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