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Title: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part II – The Strategy
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Naked Capitalism
URL Source: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011 ... ii-%e2%80%93-the-strategy.html
Published: Nov 30, 2011
Author: Andrew Dittmer
Post Date: 2011-11-30 11:07:47 by lucysmom
Keywords: None
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Comments: 24
This is the second installment of a six-part interview. For the previous part, see here. Red indicates exact quotes from Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s 2001 book “Democracy: The God That Failed.” ANDREW: Do other libertarians agree with your idea of a libertarian society? CODE NAME CAIN: Well, we do have our differences. For example, the Cato Institute is severely compromised by numerous left-leaning libertarians such as David Boaz. The Cato tag-alongs and certain other prominent libertarians imagine that an extremely small government would be better than no government at all. They are, of course, wrong. They have not yet recognized that every government is destructive of what they want to preserve [235-236].
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#1. To: Not Badeye, A K A Stone, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, mininggold, brian s, Capitalist Eric, mcgowanjm (#0)
ANDREW: The what? CNC: Libertarian Bryan Caplan says that “hard-core libertarians’ comparative advantage is to play watchdog for moderate libertarians – and make them seem reasonable by comparison.” You see, on many areas other libertarians secretly agree with us, but they are afraid to acknowledge it openly. Instead, they prefer to let us take the heat for our principled positions, and to wait for us to turn previously “radical” ideas into common sense. ANDREW: So you can count on at least some support from other libertarians. But in order to make your revolution happen, you will have to convince other people as well. Are you going to try to get a majority of U.S. voters to support the future libertarian society? CNC: It won’t work – persuade a majority of the public to vote for the abolition of democracy and an end to all taxes and legislation? Perhaps one of you good patriotic American Libertarians would explain to me how destroying the government outlined in the Constitution by the founding fathers is Constitutional.
You really need to read the constitution with an emphasis on understanding it. Any sort of change in the constitution is possible by the amendment process. If an amendment was passed to burn the original constitution on the supreme court steps, then it would be done. Can you tell us the other way to change the constitution? CC <<== hint
So then Communism would be Constitutional and in keeping with the intent of the founding fathers as long as the appropriate amendment(s) were passed in the Constitutionally approved manner.
#22. To: Capitalist Eric (#20)
It appears the question is beyond your capacity to answer.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest...But third, you have to reckon with the Human Shield Effect.
#17. To: lucysmom, A K A Stone, *Liberal Rehab Staff* (#1)
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Perhaps one of you good patriotic American Libertarians would explain to me how destroying the government outlined in the Constitution by the founding fathers is Constitutional.
#18. To: hondo68 (#17)
Any sort of change in the constitution is possible by the amendment process. If an amendment was passed to burn the original constitution on the supreme court steps, then it would be done.
#20. To: lucysmom (#18)
So then Communism would be Constitutional and in keeping with the intent of the founding fathers as long as the appropriate amendment(s) were passed in the Constitutionally approved manner.
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