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a mere attempt at an AWB reduces this legitimacy, and the legitimacy of the state in any form. more people need to see the argument for why "limited government" has demonstrated such failure. discussion of secession and firearms are together a good indicator of the ethical inconsistency that arises when you try to convey this particular notion of good government. also there's the fact that nobody signed anything asking for it.
of course the problem with this position, and delivering said example, is that you also have to provide a constructive counterexample, for psychological reasons, to be convincing (to both liberal and conservative (although liberals are largely pushovers because they don't want to argue)).
unfortunately, the whole philosophic underpinning of anarchy is that if i can give you that example, then i'm telling you how it should be, and thus violating my principal anarchist ethic. there ain't no "how it should be." the whole point is to let market forces determine things for us. that translates to less work, and only the productive kind. no politics. amazing, i know.
i'd vote yes and explain all this, or at least the initial idea, but from looking at some of the commentary from other voters, it's obvious that not even the average "no" voter would understand my justification UNLESS i simply said it was about making obama fail.
everybody would get that: it's a rush limbaugh and anti-rush limbaugh talking point. "oh," they blink, "now i see."
Apr 27, 2009, 9:13:00 PM
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