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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Propiganda, Sevener, Sykora, and MMT
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 14:57:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 14:57:00 1985
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>/* vip@philabs.UUCP (V. I. P.) / 10:06 pm  Jun  5, 1985 */

>Sorry to be such a snag, but if anyone is curious what kind of 
>environment is created by libertarianism, I suggest they take a 
>look at Haiti or, say, Guatemala.  I am personally experienced with
>Haiti, so I will use it as an example here.

Haiti and Guatemala are much further from libertarianism than the U.S.

> . . .  I've seen peasants (that's what they
>call them) being beaten up in the street by bourgeois business men
>because they tried to sell them a box of Chicklets.  

In a libertarian society such behavior would be against the law, of
course.

>Not too unlike the old robber baron days here in the United States, just
>on a smaller scale.  If you are a libertarian (true libertarian) you
>are probably opposed to any kind of law that attempts to regulate
>your behavior.

Wrong.  Libertarianism is against gov't involvement in other than
defense and police activties only.  Next time you post something
about libertarianism, try to learn just a little bit about it
first.

>					Brian Day

			Mike Sykora