Difference between revisions of "A Non-Libertarian FAQ"
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Some libertarians make a big deal about needing to actually sign a contract. Take them to a restaurant and see if they think it ethical to walk out without paying because they didn't sign anything. Even if it is a restaurant with a minimum charge and they haven't ordered anything. The restaurant gets to set the price and the method of contract so that even your presence creates a debt. What is a libertarian going to do about that? Create a regulation? | Some libertarians make a big deal about needing to actually sign a contract. Take them to a restaurant and see if they think it ethical to walk out without paying because they didn't sign anything. Even if it is a restaurant with a minimum charge and they haven't ordered anything. The restaurant gets to set the price and the method of contract so that even your presence creates a debt. What is a libertarian going to do about that? Create a regulation? | ||
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| + | We might also point out that libertarians assume property, which is just a different "social contract that nobody signed". Ask anybody when they agreed to the property system, and if they have a choice to opt out and not respect the property others claim. | ||
====The social contract is like no other because it can be "unilaterally" modified.==== | ====The social contract is like no other because it can be "unilaterally" modified.==== | ||
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: Did Ayn Rand pay her taxes out of friendship then? That's a new one on me. | : Did Ayn Rand pay her taxes out of friendship then? That's a new one on me. | ||
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| + | ; "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." | ||
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| + | So much wrong packed into two sentences! (a) Which individual rights? Rights of conquest? Who decides what rights and their extent? (b) Change "when did you stop beating your wife" to "when did you start denying individual rights". (c) We can be defenders of minorities without defending ALL minorities. (d) Rand made plenty of choices of which individual minorities to defend (or admire) and which to despise and attack. | ||
====Andre Marrou==== | ====Andre Marrou==== | ||
