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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
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Subject: Re: Survival of Libertaria in competition
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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 05:22:07 EST
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> 

> Martin Taylor
> In the normal course of social change, Libertaria should have occurred
> by chance, if not by design, and probably more than once.  According to
> the libertarian argument, it should then have thrived and grown quickly
> strong, being better than its neighbours on both economic and ethical
> grounds.  We should now see several Libertarias, if not a world full of
> them.  But we see none, and no evidence that any ever existed.
> 
"In the normal course of technological change, fusion reactors should
have occurred by chance, if not by design, and probably more than once.
According to the physicsts' arguments, it should then have thrived and grown
quickly strong, being cleaner, more efficient, and economical than 
competing methods of power generation.  We should now see several
fusion reactors, if not a world full of them.  But we see none, and
no evidence that any ever existed."

> If an approach to libertarian principles would make a society stronger
> than a retreat from them...

I think that the whole rise of western civilization can be seen as
the slow, unsteady, but hopeful progress toward libertarian principles.
I would hold up the US and Switzerland as examples that show the 
progress--although we've still got probably a millenium or so to
go before the slave mentality dies completely out.

--JoSH