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Comment by otterley

4 days ago

Freedom to do what, exactly? You realize that the extreme opposite of laws and restrictions meant to maintain a working social order is anarchy, right?

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mothballed  4 days ago

The opposite of something like Bastiat's ideal of the law is something more like the law of tyranny or law of the plunderer. Anarchy I place somewhere closer to the middle -- better than the law of a tyrant because at least under anarchy the law of the tyrant isn't legitimized even if it still might be enforced by might.

co_king_5  4 days ago

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  • otterley  4 days ago

    Please, O wise one, explain "freedom" to the political scientist and lawyer you're talking to. Let me get my popcorn first.

    • miroljub  4 days ago

      > Please, O wise one, explain "freedom" to the political scientist and lawyer you're talking to. Let me get my popcorn first.

      If you think only "political scientists and lawyers" have to decide what a freedom is, you have quite a totalitarian mindset.

      If you have some arguments, pray tell. "I'm the smartest guy here" is not an argument. It's just something an NPC would say when they run out of arguments.

      PS: This is not ad hominem. It's a dismissal of your claim of authority.

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