So, basically, a libertarian is a classical liberal? A liberal who leans towards the free market and individual rights and freedoms, as opposed to social liberalism and the welfare state?
Well, I suppose that's one flavour of it anyway....
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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