LOL, it was actually after defending the free state project last night in another discussion that I was prompted to pose this question.
I think that ultimately, in a libertarian state, things would get shaken up a little and some businesses would falter, while others would prosper. I asked this question because it seems like the most common arguement against libertarian government is... "But then you'll just be handing the corporations the reigns." And I don't think that is what would happen at all. In fact, I tend to think that if corporations didn't have a megalithic, corrupt federal government to bribe, they would have less power over our choices than they do now.
I also definitely believe in states rights, although I think the state's laws should still be bound by the constitution. And I'm the most non-racist guy you'll ever meet.
Glad to hear you enjoy my writing, and it was great to see sceletium tortuosum finally find another fan here on lj. Did you happen to catch my article in Heads last month?
Sorry to be the big nurd, but I don't even know what "Heads" is. But I would be happy to know more.
I signed up with Free State. I don't expect I will *love* all the Ayn-Rand-reading-uber capitalists, but I *do* like the idea of style of gov't being an elective right. The way we tie laws to a geographical district and then notions of identity to the geographic district strikes me as serfdom. I admire countries that accept anyone into their military and rewards them with citizenship. (Like Turkey. I wish the US had accepted the Mexicans who asked to serve in our forces for the recent war.)
Keep writing, keep posting, keep up the nocturnal lifestyle, my friend!
Ah, Heads is a cannabis magazine, but every month they run articles on "legal" highs. I was pretty impressed with their objective coverage of salvia divinorum, so I decided to see if they would be interested in an article on kanna. LOL it was my first professional sale and I couldn't let my mother see it.
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I think that ultimately, in a libertarian state, things would get shaken up a little and some businesses would falter, while others would prosper. I asked this question because it seems like the most common arguement against libertarian government is... "But then you'll just be handing the corporations the reigns." And I don't think that is what would happen at all. In fact, I tend to think that if corporations didn't have a megalithic, corrupt federal government to bribe, they would have less power over our choices than they do now.
I also definitely believe in states rights, although I think the state's laws should still be bound by the constitution. And I'm the most non-racist guy you'll ever meet.
Glad to hear you enjoy my writing, and it was great to see sceletium tortuosum finally find another fan here on lj. Did you happen to catch my article in Heads last month?
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I signed up with Free State. I don't expect I will *love* all the Ayn-Rand-reading-uber capitalists, but I *do* like the idea of style of gov't being an elective right. The way we tie laws to a geographical district and then notions of identity to the geographic district strikes me as serfdom. I admire countries that accept anyone into their military and rewards them with citizenship. (Like Turkey. I wish the US had accepted the Mexicans who asked to serve in our forces for the recent war.)
Keep writing, keep posting, keep up the nocturnal lifestyle, my friend!
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