tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post557645082392953338..comments2023-12-28T22:22:42.307-08:00Comments on Nobody In Particular: LibertyAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-19748711169837812022010-05-21T21:56:21.534-07:002010-05-21T21:56:21.534-07:00I think that part of the problem is that people lo...I think that part of the problem is that people look at the idea that the market didn't act as a corrective for discrimination and decide that it can't. This idea, to me, lies at the heart of the statist branch of liberalism. And it's the idea that this is a self-evident reality is part of what I think drove the idea that Paul is/was a racist.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-20741291684347684652010-05-21T08:49:39.240-07:002010-05-21T08:49:39.240-07:00In that case, it's more broadly highlighting L...In that case, it's more broadly highlighting Libertarianism's flaws rather than Rand Paul's, specifically. I mean, the obvious retort to his belief that the market would act as a corrective for segregation is that for 250 years or so, it didn't. <br /><br />But it probably wouldn't cast us immediately back to 1963. We would surely find (or will find, or are finding) some contemporary way to be horrible to one another. People seem all too ready to be horrible to Mexicans or Muslims, say.Keifushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287358319899471490noreply@blogger.com