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	<title>Comments on: History and libertarianism, yummy!</title>
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	<description>"The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog."  GK Chesterton</description>
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		<title>By: Jeremy</title>
		<link>http://myrddinsworld.wordpress.com/2006/10/06/history-and-libertarianism-yummy/#comment-48</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great blog!  Found ya via your comments at Catallarchy regarding - you guessed it - &quot;libertarian democrats&quot;.

As a libertarian, the most comprehensive political journal I underwent was a complete reversal in my stance vis a vis the corporation.  I went from being very pro to very against, to the point where I agree that we should simply do away with the laws that create and sustain them.  When you realize that the total value of corporate welfare is five times as great as the total corporate profits of U.S. corporations, you realize that what we&#039;re talking about isn&#039;t even business - it&#039;s the people paying a premium to have their industry centralized in the hands of an elite.

Democrats who think regulation of corporations is so great need to realize that corporations often love, indeed ask for, regulation, because it serves as a cartelizing force in the otherwise competitive market.  Safety and fuel efficiency regulations simply disincentivize companies from needing to innovate in those areas because regulation effectively nullifies the respective markets for those things.

Just wanted to drop a line that there are other libertarians on the same page as you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great blog!  Found ya via your comments at Catallarchy regarding &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; &#8220;libertarian democrats&#8221;.</p>
<p>As a libertarian, the most comprehensive political journal I underwent was a complete reversal in my stance vis a vis the corporation.  I went from being very pro to very against, to the point where I agree that we should simply do away with the laws that create and sustain them.  When you realize that the total value of corporate welfare is five times as great as the total corporate profits of U.S. corporations, you realize that what we&#8217;re talking about isn&#8217;t even business &#8211; it&#8217;s the people paying a premium to have their industry centralized in the hands of an elite.</p>
<p>Democrats who think regulation of corporations is so great need to realize that corporations often love, indeed ask for, regulation, because it serves as a cartelizing force in the otherwise competitive market.  Safety and fuel efficiency regulations simply disincentivize companies from needing to innovate in those areas because regulation effectively nullifies the respective markets for those things.</p>
<p>Just wanted to drop a line that there are other libertarians on the same page as you.</p>
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		<title>By: Positive Liberty &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Libertarians and Democrats</title>
		<link>http://myrddinsworld.wordpress.com/2006/10/06/history-and-libertarianism-yummy/#comment-30</link>
		<dc:creator>Positive Liberty &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Libertarians and Democrats</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Update: I agree entirely with Zen Politics about the virtues of gridlock. I&#8217;m sorry I wasn&#8217;t clearer; when I said I would have voted for Kerry this time around, it was precisely because I would prefer gridlock.  Trackback URL: http://positiveliberty.com/2006/10/libertarians-and-democrats.html/trackback/ [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Update: I agree entirely with Zen Politics about the virtues of gridlock. I&#8217;m sorry I wasn&#8217;t clearer; when I said I would have voted for Kerry this time around, it was precisely because I would prefer gridlock.  Trackback URL: <a href="http://positiveliberty.com/2006/10/libertarians-and-democrats.html/trackback/" rel="nofollow">http://positiveliberty.com/2006/10/libertarians-and-democrats.html/trackback/</a> [...]</p>
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