Apparently this is too long to post as a comment, so....

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Everyone needs to hear this anyway. It's really more important than most people make it out to be... at least, or especially, in principle. Here we go... An essay concerning the new "clean" air act:

It isn't really a case of allowing people to do things. People don't need to be allowed to do what they want - that's pretty much the definition of

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a more formal response

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Jordan

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Moving on... your attack on libertarianism is far more undefended than a libertarian state. Libertarianism is not anarchy. We libertarians just have a bit more faith in human beings being able to figure out what makes them money and what's a good idea to eat, wear, etc. than nanny-staters do today. If there really were a lot of complaints about smoking, power to the restaurant owners for making a good decision in "cleaning" the air up. The government just ends up spending a lot of money manging reaaaaally HUGE bureaucratic organizations (monopolies) that run charities, schools, businesses/utilities, and more. Making these public makes them have to appeal to America so they can make money. All the government has to do is increase taxes and get re-elected - which is easy to do with two-party pop politics. I could argue all day about the economic and social benefits or libertarianism, but this isn't relevant and isn't the best place; i'll just address what you did: a libertarian state isn't stupid, so they will have a military. This

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don't really feel like replying to this -- it's too nice outside and it isn't worth my time. we disagree and we aren't really paying attention to what each other is saying. it's kind of a moot point anyway; it's pretty much out of our hands. and besides, it's not an issue that really bothers me either way, anyway.

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destruction, jesus.

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what?