From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 07:44:59 MDT
Miriam English wrote:
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> The thing that worries me is that if government is reduced to the point
> that many libertarians want, then they risk simply becoming lackeys of
> powerful business interests. This would simply result in the situation you
> describe above.
Who is 'they'? If you mean the government, powerful business interests
are not able to use the government to any extent because that government
is limited in what it can do. In such a situation, a union, for example,
would always overpower a corporation because the union membership will
always outnumber the corporation's lackeys, where both sides can arm or
disarm as much as they wish. The government would not be empowered to
step in on the corporations side to force the union to settle, or impede
the union membership from arming as they see fit.
Liberals always see themselves, as individuals, as being entirely
powerless in all possible situations, reliant on the government patron
to protect them. This is part of the liberal victimological myth that
has evolved from common serf attitudes held by immigrants coming from
feudal and tyrannical systems. They don't see that if the power of the
government is reduced, not only is the ability of the corporations
reduced (since their power is given to them by government protections),
but the individuals regain great power as individuals, because that is
where the government got its power in the first place.
Under libertarianism, laborers will gain far greater power than they
realize, and corporations will finally be fully exposed to the
retribution they earn by unjust actions.
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