http://www.blagnet.net/2008/11/20/what-if/ Discussing libertarian philosophy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blagnet.net/2008/11/20/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Francois Tremblay Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:13:39 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/?p=402#comment-1031 Why do you guys even answer to these morons. How can anyone support taxation? It's ridiculous. Why do you guys even answer to these morons. How can anyone support taxation? It’s ridiculous.

]]> http://www.blagnet.net/2008/11/20/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Mike Gogulski Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:27 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/?p=402#comment-1024 Spot on. And to quote a private discussion I was having recently, liberty is also more important than security. Spot on. And to quote a private discussion I was having recently, liberty is also more important than security.

]]> http://www.blagnet.net/2008/11/20/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Kel Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:30:13 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/?p=402#comment-1023 It should be noted, before my smarter colleagues (or even those who would call me a fool for choosing misery over prosperity) that the hypothetical I propose cannot exist. If people willfully choosing for themselves causes misery, yet someone else choosing for them caused prosperity, it would not take long for the people willfully choosing for themselves to willfully defer their decisions to the better planner. It should be noted, before my smarter colleagues (or even those who would call me a fool for choosing misery over prosperity) that the hypothetical I propose cannot exist. If people willfully choosing for themselves causes misery, yet someone else choosing for them caused prosperity, it would not take long for the people willfully choosing for themselves to willfully defer their decisions to the better planner.

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