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Re: [LUG] [OT] Libertarianism - was "Watching the results trickle in ..."

 

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:48:23PM +0100, Mike Martin wrote:
> IMNSO libertarianism is fine for those with the power, not so good for
> the little guy, ie: most of us

Libertarianism seems to consist of the belief that if everybody is just
left to get along with things, and the government does as little as
possible to regulate things and balance everything out, it’ll work out
well for everybody and nobody will get screwed over.

I’m not really convinced, for some reason.

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