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From: mwm@ucbvax.ARPA (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Democracy vs. Autocracy: "Libert"arian's freedom?
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 10:34:49 EDT
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In article <666@whuxl.UUCP> orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) writes:
>> I'd recommend this book to everyone, but RAH espouses things so far out of
>> fashion that the left compares him to the Nazis. Just imagine, thinking that
>> personal responsibility and meeting your commitments are good ideas. Not to
>> mention attacking the church, slavery, and espousing freedom in general
>> 	
>Who really espouses "freedom"?
>                tim sevener whuxl!orb

You're right, tim - it was the indeed the "left" who did all those things.
Then again, if you read RAH, you'll find that he does indeed take the stands
I claim he takes. So why does the left (or some members of it) denigrate
him? Maybe it's the "personal responsibility" and other such libertarian
notions that bother them.