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Sam Seder: A History Lesson for Libertarians (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2015 OP
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #1
I regularly say that ignorance of histoy is required of libertarians. Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2015 #2
Please, somebody teach Sam Seder . . . markpkessinger Aug 2015 #3
That was driving me crazy, too. tclambert Aug 2015 #4
Here is another video on this Quixote1818 Aug 2015 #5
K & R. The Market will Correct itself Libertarians are full of ___ & dangerous. Look at history appalachiablue Aug 2015 #6

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
2. I regularly say that ignorance of histoy is required of libertarians.
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 03:52 PM
Aug 2015

Something else that is required is the belief that corporations and people will act selfishly and selflessly, simultaneously. Do they seriously believe that if you take constraints off corporations, that the corporations will not immediately take advantage of this?

markpkessinger

(8,396 posts)
3. Please, somebody teach Sam Seder . . .
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 05:48 PM
Aug 2015

. . . how to say "Thalidomide!" (θə - 'lɪ - do - maɪd, not 'θæl - do - maɪd).

tclambert

(11,086 posts)
4. That was driving me crazy, too.
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 07:52 PM
Aug 2015

He did say it correctly once at the end and apologized for his faulty pronunciation earlier.

appalachiablue

(41,132 posts)
6. K & R. The Market will Correct itself Libertarians are full of ___ & dangerous. Look at history
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 09:34 PM
Aug 2015

and use your brain not just your lust for money and greedocracy. Ayn Rand and the other monsters of libertarian free market voodoo like Milton Friedman and their followers need to be expunged, forever.

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