Comments on: Some thoughts to carry with you http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/22/some-thoughts-to-carry-with-you/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rounded up Oct. 23, 2008 « Judson’s Corral http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/22/some-thoughts-to-carry-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-32106 Rounded up Oct. 23, 2008 « Judson’s Corral Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4324#comment-32106 [...] Bookworm Room, “Some thoughts to carry with you“. (Among them, “The state has no [...] [...] Bookworm Room, “Some thoughts to carry with you“. (Among them, “The state has no [...]

]]> By: JackCoupal http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/22/some-thoughts-to-carry-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-32061 JackCoupal Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:49:32 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4324#comment-32061 <i>The state has no conscience.</i> However, the state's intention to do "good" is carried out in specific deeds (e.g., tax increases) that the state proclaims come from following its conscience. The state has no conscience.

However, the state’s intention to do “good” is carried out in specific deeds (e.g., tax increases) that the state proclaims come from following its conscience.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/22/some-thoughts-to-carry-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-32051 Ymarsakar Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:06:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4324#comment-32051 If you believe that you can forcibly extract resources from individual production then the state becomes even better than the aggregate of individuals for it "unifies" and only through unity can one gain Peace. If you believe that you can forcibly extract resources from individual production then the state becomes even better than the aggregate of individuals for it “unifies” and only through unity can one gain Peace.

]]> By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/22/some-thoughts-to-carry-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-32048 David Foster Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:08:47 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4324#comment-32048 "Progressives," and even many old-line liberals, tend to see government as an idealized parent. They don't seem to understand that it is an aggregate of individuals who are themselves economic actors, pursuing their individual goals for money, power, and ego-satisfaction in the same way (though perhaps with a different mix of these 3 objectives) as people in the private sector. “Progressives,” and even many old-line liberals, tend to see government as an idealized parent. They don’t seem to understand that it is an aggregate of individuals who are themselves economic actors, pursuing their individual goals for money, power, and ego-satisfaction in the same way (though perhaps with a different mix of these 3 objectives) as people in the private sector.

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