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Re: [ox-en] Capitalism, GNU Oekonux

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Russell McOrmond wrote:



On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, johan soderberg wrote:


So called 'free markets' exist only because of state intervention,
monitoring and breaking up capitals natural tendency to monopoly.


  We agree on this.  This is why a 'right libertarian' supports strong 
government intervention to protect "Intellectual Property", while a 'left 
libertarian' supports strong government intervention to protect "Free 
Markets".  One group supports IP and opposes Anti-trust, while the other 
supports anti-trust but opposes IP.


I keep coming across people (who I thought were 'left libertarians') who
are very much against any powers for government and believe that 
everything should be settled by the market (so for example, there should
be no laws on use of drugs, no public school or hospital systems, etc.)
Those people don't fit with your left/right definition (both your left
and right are pro-government for different reasons)

Is this a difference between Canadian and US libertarians? or are those
people really anarchists? or just idiots? ;-)

Anyway, I'm kind of curious why a libertarian like yourself bothers to
hang out in a mailing-list dominated by people with marxist or similar
backgrounds (don't get me wrong - I'm glad you do, I'd much rather have 
some variety than end up in a traditional far-left 
monopoly-of-the-truth-proclaiming sect!)


Graham


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