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* Libertarians can only agree with each other if they get so vague that their statements have no fixed meaning.  It's the same way we know that no more than one religion could be right, and probably none are.
 
* Libertarians can only agree with each other if they get so vague that their statements have no fixed meaning.  It's the same way we know that no more than one religion could be right, and probably none are.
 
* Libertarians ignore anthropological knowledge of the nature of humans in favor of their idiotic ideology.
 
* Libertarians ignore anthropological knowledge of the nature of humans in favor of their idiotic ideology.
* Libertarians use vague glittering generalities of propaganda (terms like "liberty") rather than specifics such as "liberty for A to do B at an uncompensated cost C to D".
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* Libertarians use vague [[Fallacies_Of_Philosophy#Glittering_Generalities_Of_Propaganda|glittering generalities]] of propaganda (terms like "liberty") rather than specifics such as "liberty for A to do B at an uncompensated cost C to D".
 
* Libertarian ideology is loaded with large numbers of words reinterpreted to circularly force their conclusions, perhaps worse than Marxist ideology is.
 
* Libertarian ideology is loaded with large numbers of words reinterpreted to circularly force their conclusions, perhaps worse than Marxist ideology is.
 
* Most libertarian writings are based on cherry-picked examples that give false impressions of the severity of existing problems and dismiss problems claiming libertarian solutions would work (despite practical evidence.)
 
* Most libertarian writings are based on cherry-picked examples that give false impressions of the severity of existing problems and dismiss problems claiming libertarian solutions would work (despite practical evidence.)

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