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** MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2019
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The state -- or, to make matters more concrete, the government -- consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting 'A' to satisfy 'B'. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods.
– H.L. Mencken
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 12, 2019
Should Libertarians Support Trump's Immigration Raids? ([link removed])
Libertarian supporters of immigration controls are remaining conspicuously silent about President Trump’s latest immigration raids. What’s up with that? Wouldn’t you think that people who support America’s system of immigration controls would be praising such raids? Actually, it’s a good thing such libertarians are remaining silent, just as they remain silent about the other enforcement measures that come with a system ...
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The Future of Freedom Foundation
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“National Conservative” Policies Are Full of Oxymorons ([link removed])
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The Dangerous Foreign Policy of ‘National Conservatism’ (audio) ([link removed])
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Crime, Punishment, and the State ([link removed])
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by David Bromwich
Mondoweiss
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