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PurityOfEssence

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19. To them, individual rights trump group rights
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 04:15 PM
Jan 2012

The individual should never be restrained in his/her actions unless those actions directly harm another individual in an obvious way.

Selfishness simply falls apart as a viable social act upon any analysis, and it also completely denies the very obvious fact that the group effort and specialization is the very engine at the heart of an advanced civilization; we would still be scrabbling around in mud huts if not for the collective effort of the group.

Nothing that hinders an individual's selfish "right" should be tolerated.

Libertarianism is something that appeals to mediocre adolescents who are full of themselves.

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Simpler explanation: it requires collective action to fix. TheWraith Jan 2012 #1
Human nature being what it is,, behavior orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #4
I agree that individual action doesn't cut it raouldukelives Jan 2012 #11
I have a recurring fantasy of buying the property next to Ron Pauls house mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #2
hey if you are going to dream left is right Jan 2012 #17
It is one of the biggest reasons I dislike libertarianism - their attitude to the environment. tabatha Jan 2012 #3
Um, guys? There's such a thing as "civil libertarianism". It seems like many DUers aren't aware Romulox Jan 2012 #5
A civil libertarian ,works to attain as many civil rights as possible. orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #8
It's easy to be a Libertarian ,it's hard to be a Democrat. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #21
+1 cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #15
"if the process by which property was acquired was just" PETRUS Jan 2012 #6
Capitalism, is a ponzi scheme. WingDinger Jan 2012 #7
Libertarians often live in the 18th century treestar Jan 2012 #9
Libertarians would like to repeal the 20th century Tomay Jan 2012 #10
K&R suffragette Jan 2012 #12
K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2012 #13
I've believed this for a long time. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #14
There has been a group dedicated to stopping a third airport in this area for over a decade NNN0LHI Jan 2012 #16
Excellent follow up to his 'How Freedom Became Tyranny' piece. Thanks, xchrom. freshwest Jan 2012 #18
To them, individual rights trump group rights PurityOfEssence Jan 2012 #19
They don't have to deny climate change at all, merely assert the right to change the climate. saras Jan 2012 #20
Yes, easy answer: 1) Means unlimited growth is impossible... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #22
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