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[nosearmy]

"Speaking as an observer who has many friends with libertarian instincts, I would point out that terrorism is a much more formidable opponent of political liberty than government. Government acts almost as a recruiting station for libertarians. Anyone who pays taxes or has to fill out government paperwork develops libertarian impulses almost as a

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[pinkville]

the essential reading is Noam Chomsky's Goals and Visions.

One necessarily wants to dismantle the state - that is the vision, but in the short term, one often wants to strengthen the state, because it is the only institution with any popular involvement - corporations being the order of the day, and corporations being merely private tyrannies. Governmental policies must be judged on a case by case basis, but it's clear that, for example, national health care is better than the alternative...