The Mikado
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« on: December 06, 2009, 10:01:49 PM » |
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I'm not on the same page as you ideologically, but I certainly am on a terminological level. I'm not afraid of the State, and I do honestly believe that the State can be a strong positive force in society, something that is increasingly unpopular to say. (Perhaps because I know quite a few government workers, I have a good deal more sympathy with them than your average hater of a faceless "bureaucracy") As you well know, I am no socialist, but I do not see socialism as a dirty word.
I have far more in common with Al than I do with the deranged, growing movement of modern libertarianism, one of the most ly frustrating ideologies in existence. The sheer arrogance of libertarians, coupled with the unfailing smugness and the circular logic, makes them the Marxists of the 21st century (in terms of being dogmatic, impossible to communicate with brick walls).
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