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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9150)	9/24/2003 4:03:57 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 793761

I don't think it's possible for the government to "provide liberty". The argument, and I think it's fair to say we can agree on dismissing it, is that government can maximize individual liberty by providing minimal standards of welfare, etc. Freeing individuals from the "vaguaries of happenstance" through government largesse. The problem that the proponents of the argument fail to accept is that it usually devolves to tyranny. The problem with government abstention is that government is not the only entity able to intrude on liberty. And now you've found the problem with the far end of the other wing - the anarchists. The problem with maximally restricted government is that it usually devolves into tyranny. I'm still not sure what pigeonhole this drops me into. I don't really care, either. It pretty clearly depends on who I ask. Eh. If you don't care, who should? Derek

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