The Libertarian Paradox

[Skybird]

http://mises.org/daily/6488/The-Libertarian-Paradox

Very nicely put.

The intellectual class has its task and we have ours. Theirs is to confuse and obscure; ours is to clarify and explain. Theirs is to darken the mind; ours is to enlighten it. Theirs is to subject man to the domination of those who violate the moral principles all civilized people claim to cherish. Ours is to emancipate him from that subjection.

I will leave you with the final libertarian paradox, which is this: while on the one hand we are teachers of the philosophy of freedom, as long as we love and cherish these great ideas, we shall always be students as well. Continue to explore and discover, to read and to write, to discuss and to persuade. Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.

Typical Rockwell drivel.

We can be thankful that we live in an age in which the work of Rothbard — despised, resisted, and suppressed by the purveyors of official opinion — is readily available.

Is that the Rothbard who thinks Jews and lesbians backed by jewish financiers are ruining free enterprise by opposing child labour

[the_tyrant]

this is why I have for better or worse adopted "profiteerism".

I don't give a crap about ideology or political party. I do care about the money in my pocket, the school that I attend, the crime of my area, etc. Thus, I support the policy that benefits me

[Obelix]

The reason is not difficult to find. Most people inherit an intellectual schizophrenia from the state that educates them, the media that amuses them, and the intellectuals who propagandize them.

Sad to see it! Under the guise of freedom of propaganda children cram stupidity make a herd of them. Herd because its quite imaginary freedom. In this herd easily manage.

[MH]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Typical Rockwell drivel.

Is that the Rothbard who thinks Jews and lesbians backed by jewish financiers are ruining free enterprise by opposing child labour

gEES Tribesman when will you leave the jews alone.

I've no idea why anyone takes the ramblings of this silly cult seriously.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

I've no idea why anyone takes the ramblings of this silly cult seriously.

On first reading I thought you had typed something else instead of cult

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

On first reading I thought you had typed something else instead of cult

Er, yes, I see what you mean. But I meant 'cult' - as in Scientologists, or Flat-Earthers, or (a closer parallel - the same wishy-washy utopianism based on nothing but bald assertions, combined with a monster conspiracy theory to explain why their ideas are almost entirely rejected) The Zeitgeist Movement. If you have an hour or two free, and you want to entertain yourself watching people making complete fools of themselves, I'd recommend Googling TZM. Though you may loose your faith in the rationality of humankind by the end...

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

On first reading I thought you had typed something else instead of cult

What a silly cult.

Apologies to Python.

The OP is simply a load of bollocks.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

What a silly cult.

Apologies to Python.

The OP is simply a load of bollocks.

LOL