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Old 06-17-2008, 09:01 AM   #112 (permalink)
Terrell
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Location: Orlando, Florida
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Terrell, you'd not like to live in a libertarian world. Paying $200 a month for police and firefighter insurance, paying a monthly fee for a private contractor to fix roads between your house and work, paying $20 to mail a letter to a friend who can't afford a computer because Microsoft created a monopoly...

But back to reality, Japan isn't libertarian. Japan's people aren't libertarians. This thread isn't about libertarianism at all, it's about the Japanese and how well this system could work for them.
I'm a Social liberal/libertarian, on most but not all issues and somewhat of a non-conformist. I want the government off my back as far as my personal decisions are concerned. I don't want the government micromanaging people's personal decisions, and I don't want the government using economic arguments to justify said micromananaging of personal lives.

I support such services as Police, Firefighting, public roads, military, Postal service, public schools, or laws against people violating the person, property or rights of non-consenting 3rd parties. None of those things are affected, however by whether or not I get married, believe in Christianity, have children, engage in pre-marital sex, get or don't get a vasectomy, have a waisline of a certain size, have or don't have a particular BMI, or most other intimite personal decisions. (I wish I could remember where that thought left off)

Last edited by Terrell; 06-17-2008 at 03:02 PM..
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