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Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by skylan_q on Sunday December 08, 2013 @05:23PM (#6871714)
Libertarians whine about arbitrary confiscation of wealth by the government, but they have no problem when competition drives the price of labor down to (or below!) the price of survivability

With unemployment low, people would switch to jobs with more favorable conditions. That's one of the reasons Ford paid (relatively) much more than other employers. In a world with high unemployment, the employers dictate the conditions.

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Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by jjoonathan on Sunday December 08, 2013 @05:47PM (#6871818)
That's what I said. My point was that libertarians assume there is inherent justice in this situation. I don't.
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Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by nickff on Monday December 09, 2013 @01:07AM (#6873030)
Please provide your definition of "justice". Libertarians are averse to coercion, but they do not assume the results of liberty-enhancing policies will always favor their priorities. For example, I like the opera, but I do not think the government should be coercing the citizenry into subsidizing La Traviata.
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