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Originally posted by Spanky
Libertariansim is about as practical as frogs pulling the Budweiser wagon. You only make an exception for K-12? What about the safety net? All the "liberty" in the world won't do you much good if you are starving to death. If a man's family is starving can you really expect him not to steal your food? What about the clean air act, and the clean water act? Insterstate Highway System? Do you think every street in amercia should be a toll road? What do we do with Handicapp people - just let them starve? Do you really want people to be able to buy hand grenades and M-16s? Libertariansim is a nice theory for children who have absolutely no idea how the world works. But past the age of seven one should realize how ridiculous, cruel and unworkable the theory is.
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BRC's argument -- that no one has ever really tried libertarianism -- is the same argument I used to hear about socialism, communism, and Marxism. Really, they are great systems. No one has ever put a pure one into effect, so we can't blame the problems of societies that claim to be socialist on socialism.
