From: J. Maxwell Legg (income@ihug.co.nz)
Date: Wed Nov 18 1998 - 22:29:13 MST
"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> What's my point? In my opinion, the majority of libertarians whose writing on
> the subject I have read have also lost their objectivity, to the point of
> being unable to perceive that libertarianism has flaws. It's not good enough
> to be the best system; they insist the system is perfect. They have become a
> political cause, rather than a rational choice. One cannot have both.
>
> I still think much less government would produce better results by almost any
> moral standard. But I no longer believe in libertarianism.
For the record, I never did believe in libertarianism as practiced here.
ex- THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"Ideology is a form of illiteracy. Those addicted
to it are unable to understand anything other
than what fits their pattern." --John Saul
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5192/td11nov.htm
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