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25 Statist Propaganda Phrases (And How To Rebut Them)

Posted by UncommonSense 9 years, 11 months ago to Government

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This is an interesting article: the pattern is the lie, and then the rebuttal. Enjoy.

SOURCE URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-14/25-statist-propaganda-phrases-and-how-rebut-them

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Posted by khalling 9 years, 11 months ago

I thought most of it was good, except, of course, when it went all anarcho. Private property was even discussed. How can one keep their property protected if there is no proper form of government? so by even asking that question, I am considered a statist. libertarians always skip steps. either one is for property rights or they are against property rights. If you are for them, then there is a mechanism to enforce them.

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  Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 11 months ago
  
  Ditto. There is legitimate, limited need for government. Individual rights include property.
  PLAYBOY: What, in your view, is the proper function of a government?
  RAND: Basically, there is really only one proper function: the protection of individual rights. Since rights can be violated only by physical force, and by certain derivatives of physical force, the proper function of government is to protect men from those who initiate the use of physical force: from those who are criminals. Force, in a free society, may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. This is the proper task of government: to serve as a policeman who protects men from the use of force.
  Playboy interview, 1964
  
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