Eric,
I simply fail to see much continuity from my post to yours. I'm
sorry that I'm at such a loss, but I honestly can't see hardly
any coherence or libertarianism or logic in your post(s).
If you read Mises, how do you come to your views (or lack of) on
force and consent? Mises, Rand, Friedman, etc do NOT reinforce
them. If you are a meat and potatoes libertarian, how could you
have read them?
Exactly how did I "hit on" the idea that libertarianism is far
too philosophical and dogmatic? The accusation against the
movement is also untrue. Libertarian philosophy is the most
logical, therefore easy to understand. Most people get it without
reading volumes or deep contemplation; which begs even more
suspicion about your glaring "meat and potatoes" philosophical
deficits.
-Mark
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I'm a meat and potatos advocate of libertarianism. My
libertarianism comes instinctively from the gut.
Yeah, I've read Mises, Rand, Rothbard, Hayek, Friedman (my
favorite), Hazlitt, Nozick, Hospers, you name it. They just
serve
to reinforce the beliefs that I already have.
You've actually hit on something quite brillant. IMHO the
biggest
problem the libertarian movement has these days is that it's far
too
philosophical and dogmatic. We can't seem to relate to "meat and
potatos libertarianism" like that of the Reform Party/Perotista
crowd.
As soon as we get a recruit into a more consistent libertarianism
and most especially LP ranks, we hit them over the head with
ises. "Hey, you gotta read this, you gotta read that..."
Why can't we accept that people sympathetic to libertariansim are
out there who are not deeply contemplative and there's absolutely
no need to turn them on to being book worms. Accept them for who
they are.
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