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What that works out to in practice is that I disagree with most libertarian complaints about taxation and redistribution, agree with many about needless government interference in private lives, and disagree with most libertarian proposals for reforms. For example, I too dislike the prohibitionary "war on drugs" and think it is very harmful. But while I would legalize most drug usage for recreation, I would do so under a regulatory policy that would address what I consider real, harmful problems due to a variety of market failures. Likewise tobacco. | What that works out to in practice is that I disagree with most libertarian complaints about taxation and redistribution, agree with many about needless government interference in private lives, and disagree with most libertarian proposals for reforms. For example, I too dislike the prohibitionary "war on drugs" and think it is very harmful. But while I would legalize most drug usage for recreation, I would do so under a regulatory policy that would address what I consider real, harmful problems due to a variety of market failures. Likewise tobacco. | ||
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+ | ==== You're ideological too! ==== | ||
+ | I don’t need [[ideology]] to rebut your libertarian arguments. Your ideology is YOUR weakness. It provides you with a bountiful supply of ready-made errors to spare you the pain of rubbing your own two brain cells together to come up with an original idea. Your ideology [[Historical Revisionism|necessarily makes stuff up and ignores the real world where it is inconvenient]]. I don’t need ideology to spot such lies and omissions. | ||
==== You don't criticize the real basis of libertarianism, only strawmen. ==== | ==== You don't criticize the real basis of libertarianism, only strawmen. ==== |