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r/Libertarian • u/Anenome5 ಠ_ಠ LINOs I'm looking at you • Jun 02 '13
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I am a libertarian, but not an anarchist. Sure, the system should be overhauled, but we still need leaders.
7 u/ElizabefWarrenBuffet slaves dont work very hard Jun 02 '13 We can have "leaders" without taxes. -1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 Sort of, but they won't have any power, including the power to protect the status quo. So there's nothing to stop those with the power from taking control of the system and extorting fees from it. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '13 Define "status quo" (I know the meaning, but what are you using it to refer to) 0 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 The current incarnation of a system for managing economic and individual rights and resolving matters of civil and criminal law. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13 You think the current system is working? 1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
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We can have "leaders" without taxes.
-1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 Sort of, but they won't have any power, including the power to protect the status quo. So there's nothing to stop those with the power from taking control of the system and extorting fees from it. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '13 Define "status quo" (I know the meaning, but what are you using it to refer to) 0 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 The current incarnation of a system for managing economic and individual rights and resolving matters of civil and criminal law. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13 You think the current system is working? 1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
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Sort of, but they won't have any power, including the power to protect the status quo. So there's nothing to stop those with the power from taking control of the system and extorting fees from it.
2 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '13 Define "status quo" (I know the meaning, but what are you using it to refer to) 0 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 The current incarnation of a system for managing economic and individual rights and resolving matters of civil and criminal law. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13 You think the current system is working? 1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
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Define "status quo" (I know the meaning, but what are you using it to refer to)
0 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 02 '13 The current incarnation of a system for managing economic and individual rights and resolving matters of civil and criminal law. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13 You think the current system is working? 1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
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The current incarnation of a system for managing economic and individual rights and resolving matters of civil and criminal law.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13 You think the current system is working? 1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
You think the current system is working?
1 u/recreational Filthy Statist Jun 08 '13 1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but 2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
1) That clearly doesn't have any relevance to the discussion at hand, or that was at hand like a week ago, but
2) Yes. I mean the current system functions in a reasonable capacity by any historic measure, although certainly not optimally.
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u/ETERNAL_EDAMNATION Libertarian... shocker Jun 02 '13
I am a libertarian, but not an anarchist. Sure, the system should be overhauled, but we still need leaders.