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:This provides mysteries for the faithful to focus upon, providing internal repetition of the ideas so necessary for belief. We see such pretend mysteries in Catholic doctrines such as the three in one god. Libertarians pretend that liberty and property do not conflict, despite the fact that property restricts liberty of all the non-owners. This gives huge opportunity for repetition of the ideological fundamentals (necessary to propaganda) in the course of the inevitable disagreements on how to harmonize the apparent conflicts. That is why libertarianism is so schismatic despite the proclaimed unity of fundamentals, much as in Christianity. That is why G. A Cohen can come to radically opposite conclusions to right-libertarianism starting with the same fundamentals. in his [[Self-Ownership, Freedom and Equality]]. | :This provides mysteries for the faithful to focus upon, providing internal repetition of the ideas so necessary for belief. We see such pretend mysteries in Catholic doctrines such as the three in one god. Libertarians pretend that liberty and property do not conflict, despite the fact that property restricts liberty of all the non-owners. This gives huge opportunity for repetition of the ideological fundamentals (necessary to propaganda) in the course of the inevitable disagreements on how to harmonize the apparent conflicts. That is why libertarianism is so schismatic despite the proclaimed unity of fundamentals, much as in Christianity. That is why G. A Cohen can come to radically opposite conclusions to right-libertarianism starting with the same fundamentals. in his [[Self-Ownership, Freedom and Equality]]. | ||
| − | ; | + | ; [[Joint Production|Ignoring joint production]]. |
: The vast majority of economic production is jointly produced. It is only by ignoring this fact that libertarians can pretend that producers (such as entrepreneurs) [[Desert|deserve the full amount of money they can extract]]. | : The vast majority of economic production is jointly produced. It is only by ignoring this fact that libertarians can pretend that producers (such as entrepreneurs) [[Desert|deserve the full amount of money they can extract]]. | ||
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