Woz: This is not my America

Re:Woz: This is not my America by mynameishere on Monday June 17, 2013 @12:15AM (#5891401)

Libertarian views have never had influence ever. You get it in rhetoric but rarely in practice. Rare cases of real libertarian action...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

...are met with violent government force. This won't change, ever.

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Re:Woz: This is not my America by csense on Monday June 17, 2013 @04:59AM (#5892139)

First point: Wasn't the American Revolution largely about the overreaches of the British government? What about the sentiments of isolationism in the US with respect to WWI and WWII? (Apologies to non-US readers; all my examples are from US history because I'm most familiar with it.)

Second point: Even if your comment's true, you didn't answer the question -- is there a reason that "libertarian views have never had influence ever," or is it just a coincidence?

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Re:Woz: This is not my America by rdl on Monday June 17, 2013 @02:04AM (#5891683)

New Zealand had a libertarian revolution in the 1990s, although it's walked back a lot on that recently. One of the few cases of non-violent positive change like that.

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