So, although George Washington et al risked "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" to achieve a system of liberty previously unknown, George failed to measure up to the Rothbardian standard of libertarian purity, and therefore, all good libertarians should trash him. George Washington -- father of our enslavement. OK, I think I got it now. Thanks.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Hogarth Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Rothbard's history of the revolution in audio - free On Jan 27, 2008 5:17 PM, Bob Giramma <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:evil_spock%40hotmail.com> com> wrote: > > I don't have time to read or listen to Rothbard, especially given my low > opinion of what I've already read from and about him. Why am I guessing that it's more of the latter than the former? :) > Can someone be so kind as to summarize why it's reasonable and good to > trash > George Washington? Rothbard considered him to have been a poor general; ill-suited to what Rothbard thought the appropriate battle style - gureilla - of the revolution. He also considered him something of a political 'player', with high ambitions. Rothbard apparently did not buy into the 'reluctant public servant' myth surrounding Washington. Of course, *after* he became president, we had the Whiskey Rebellion. > Is there anyone beyond Rothbard's hatred and intolerance? Rothbard hated and had little tolerance for statism. Washington was a quintessential statist; not at all a man of the sort of the early agitators for freedom, like Hancock or Paine. Rothbard thought highly of the original thinkers of the revolution; Washington just wasn't one of them. -- Susan Hogarth http://www.collieth <http://www.colliething.com> ing.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
