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[Pargat Perrer]

Making a fool of yourself has no bearing in U.S. politics. Even being a CONVICTED FELON seems to have no bearing. Just one reason the U.S. is on the path...

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"Ordered by U.S. Army Central Command in September 2023, the results of the two-year...

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Ok, it's Labo(u)r Day weekend, no one wants to think of heavy topics. I posted here recently a few light- hearted criticisms of the summer Olympics, now...

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I am not clear of the point being made by posting this link. Is it being said that Trump actually did something honorable by attending this ceremony?...

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No man (or woman) is an island. Why does the pathetic salesman troll in you not recognize this?

What about religious people who pray to...

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Ok Bob. You made the decision at the end of a long back-and-forth with Dilip, and he was again pathetically trying you to believe in his fantasy vision....

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YOU wrote that critics of Libertarianism are like children, looking up to their parents (government). Now you are backing out, saying adulthood is different....

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Numerous examples, except he can't give any LOL

Dilip, are you advocating for parents to give their children total freedom? As i have stated...

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LOL With explanations like that, it is no wonder Libertarianism, even the official version without natural law, is stuck in a permanent rut around 3 percent...

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Ah yes, the magic word "freedom".

Very few can live with total freedom (wild west / anarchy) yet we are ALL told we can't live...

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But you just told us greed is acceptable under Libertarianism, it is "fair competition". So if an apartment builder uses cheaper concrete (offered...

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So Libertarianism will allow greed to run rampant, and rely on "market forces" to smooth everything out. Human nature being what it is, the...

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But Dilip, you defined "fair competition" as using no means that harms others. Pure greed is a means that harms others.

If all...

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But Dilip, if under a Libertarian government a landlord were to raise rents more than justified by actual costs and inflation but out of pure greed, isn't...

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THE REMEDY FOR LAWLESSNESS SHOULD NEVER BE A POLITICAL PROCESS.

Bob G. in this post 47 wrote about a "healthy democracy". While...

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Thank you for an informative answer, much more than we ever get from Dilip.

I remember reading the article about the Grameen Bank when you...

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Sid, you declared that debt-based government spending having decades of implementation doesn't make it sustainable or ethical. And you went back to the...

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If you are going to critique debt- based government spending, which has survived decades of practice in the world's biggest national economies, then please...

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If every bank, for every loan application, had to assess property values, no one could afford to have a bank account. There wouldn't even BE any banks....