Article: The Fundamental Inconsistency of Ron Paul's Libertarianism : Mike the Mad Biologist

The Fundamental Inconsistency of Ron Paul's Libertarianism : Mike the Mad Biologist
http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2011/05/the_fundamental_inconsistency.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&utm_medium=rss

Private fee-simple property is, after all, an institution established and enforced by the government. You can hardly get the government out of what is, fundamentally, the government's core business.

And if Ron Paul had had his way, the South would still be segregated. Because those who owned property in the South (along with many who didn't) liked segregation, and were more than willing to use the state to enforce those property rights (with the occasional assistance of the Klan). Paul is someone who thinks freedom and liberty start and stop with property ownership (and the more property you have, the freer you get to be).

---Sent from Steve's iPad...