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Is it 'real principles' or does it demonstrate axiomatic thinking without plausible, practical, logical, real-time, real-world application? In other words ...
Libertarianism - Liberapedia
What kind of nonsense is that?
I'm not a Libertarian, but seeing how they are so stupid they can't even gain control of a local school board, I'll defend against a totally fallacious article filled with lies, innuendos and misrepresentations.
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... Pitfalls of LibertarianismEdit
Libertarians tend to be supporters of unchecked corporate power,...
Corporations are only 3% of all US businesses.
Corporate power is derived directly from government, and corporations are dependent upon government for their existence...
no government = no corporations
small government with limited powers = small corporations with limited powers
big government with broad unchecked powers = big corporations with broad unchecked powers
No doubt the blithering idiot who wrote the article is oblivious to Entity Theory.
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That means businesses may force whatever they like onto their employees and those who buy their products.
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No, wrong, Consumers always have a choice.
Employees have a choice, too.....they can start their own business. And if they are too damn stupid, pathetic, lazy or weak to run their own business, then they can find someone who is capable of running their business and pay that person for doing so.
The fact that neither Consumers nor Workers want to exercise the choices they have does not negate the fact that they have choices.
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If workers are too weak to fight back against a bullying boss, that's just too bad.
Equivocation
Equivocation is the illegitimate switching of the meaning of a term during the reasoning.
You might want to tell the idiot who wrote the article that bosses and employers are not necessarily one in the same.
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The top 1% of the population has an overwhelming advantage in securing top-level jobs,....
68% of the 1% are not "bosses."
68% of the 1% are athletes, musicians, entertainers on TV, film or drama, or are celebrities of some sort.
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Libertarians are squeamish towards those in the lower class reaching their full potential.
So making them dependent upon government will certainly motivate them to reach their full potential.
Anyone familiar with the doubling factor?
The 2nd Welfare Generation should be half of the 1st Welfare Generation; the 3rd Generation should be half of the 2nd Welfare Generation; the 4th Generation should be half of the 4rd Generation, the 5th Generation half of the 4th Generation and so on.
If the 1st Welfare Generation was 20 Million households; then the 2nd Generation should be 10 Million households.
3rd Generation 5 Million households
4th Generation 2.5 Million households
5th Generation 1.25 Million households
and so on, but never reaching ZERO, since that is an impossibility.
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To them, it would be unethical to provide others in society with the same opportunities the wealthy elite receive.
Everyone has the same opportunities.
I authorize you to obtain a weapon and go to the nearest impoverished family and force them --- at gun-point --- to take advantage of the opportunities available to them.
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If you're born into poverty and your parents are unable to provide a decent upbringing, sad day for you.
Why?
I'm doing just fine.
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Libertarians want to restrict or abolish government protection for those who are struggling financially. Ironically, this restricts freedom for the majority.
On the contrary....it imprisons the majority and reduces their potential.
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Alternatively, family members who aren't earning a salary or a wage become totally dependent on the economic provider/providers in the family.
That is their own choice. They can become independent anytime they want to be independent.
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The Scandinavian nations and other Happy Liberal nations all have mixed economies.....
...and very small homogeneous populations.
Cook County, Illinois has 200,000 more people than the entire Kingdom of Norway.
How many Spanish language radio stations and TV stations do the Scandinavian nation-State kingdoms have?
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