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John Smith's avatar

> It is for this reason that, inspite of everything, I can't quite bring myself to stop identifying as a "libertarian"

I can relate very strongly to this. I hate with a passion what libertarianism has become, but the core principles are too beautiful to abandon.

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Nexus Six's avatar

The reason the third blood sister can't do what you suggest is because she was born a cripple. She may want to but she can't.

How do you organize people whose greatest ambition is to be left alone? The very act of organizing them necessarily violates their most cherished desire.

Reminds me of these red state counties which vote 95% Trump yet you look at their education boards and it's all Marxists and only Marxists. How can it be? How can it not be when the Marxists have fire in their chests whereas the 95% mass of Trumpists just want to be left alone.

Who among them would dedicate their entire lives to pushing ideology on children? None, not even one. That's why the third blood sister is a cripple. She may well be bloody-minded but if she can't walk, she can't walk.

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