Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom)
by inglesp on Monday September 02, 2013 @08:32AM
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Might I ask where you're from and what kind of parties you go to?
Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom)
by BerislavLopac on Monday September 02, 2013 @09:50AM
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I'm for Europe, specifically Croatia -- and if you go to any party catering for students and generally educated people under 35 you'll find a whole palette of leftist ideas, sometimes expressed quite aggressively.
Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom)
by siddboots on Monday September 02, 2013 @08:51AM
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That's just anecdotal as the author's statement. Your experience doesn't make his any less plausible.
Besides, his core argument is more compelling than just "I've never encountered a socialist." See the next paragraph:
"...I see very few attempts to provide a complete critique of libertarian philosophy. There are a bunch of ad hoc critiques of specific positions: people arguing for socialist health care, people in favor of gun control. But one of the things that draws people to libertarianism is that it is a unified, harmonious system."
Re:The Non-Libertarian FAQ (aka Why I Hate Your Freedom)
by BerislavLopac on Monday September 02, 2013 @09:46AM
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I know -- my point was not to refute him or make his experience seem implausible. I was just making a witty remark. ;-)
Yes. But you never run into Stalinists at parties. At least not serious Stalinists over the age of twenty-five, and not the interesting type of parties. If I did, I guess I'd try to convince them not to be so statist, but the issue's never come up."
Well I guess the author lives in a wrong country. I've ran into many, if not Stalinists, then certainly Marxists and Leninists in my life.