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== You Can't Legislate Morality == | == You Can't Legislate Morality == | ||
Libertarians opposed legislation aimed at ending bigotry and discrimination. 40 years later, US discrimination has been successfully reduced an amazing amount. | Libertarians opposed legislation aimed at ending bigotry and discrimination. 40 years later, US discrimination has been successfully reduced an amazing amount. | ||
| + | == Rejection Of Government Provision Of Positive Liberty == | ||
| + | People want and need positive liberty. Some libertarians, such as Tyler Cowen, and just about everybody else think it is a major mistake to say government shouldn't create positive liberty. | ||
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== Ending Communism Will Usher In a Capitalist Paradise == | == Ending Communism Will Usher In a Capitalist Paradise == | ||
After the fall of communism in Russia, corrupt oligarchs essentially stole most of the productive resources. In turn, those were stolen by kleptocrats. This resulted in an enormous decline in well-being of the citizenry. Libertarians have little understanding of the social institutions required to make capitalism function well. | After the fall of communism in Russia, corrupt oligarchs essentially stole most of the productive resources. In turn, those were stolen by kleptocrats. This resulted in an enormous decline in well-being of the citizenry. Libertarians have little understanding of the social institutions required to make capitalism function well. | ||
