Bleeding Heart Libertarianism


	Bleeding Heart Libertarianism

graphictruth

2-28-2008 8:59 PM

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elections. politics, ethics, liberty, morality

graphictruth says:

"Devil Take the Hindmost" is not libertarianism.

Nor is it freedom.

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