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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
You need to brush up on what libertarianism really is -- and consider that pure anything social theories do not sustain in actual societies. They perish of exposure to life and necessity -- apparently I need to remind you that I understand this. Puritans became Congregationalists within three generations, and so forth.
Off the top of my head, there was the Whiskey Rebellion and Shay's Rebellion, and one of these (which one was it?) generated about three bloody noses total. The other one didn't.
It's a mild affray when *all* the casualties can say, "Ow. Quit it."
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Shay's rebellion had, IIRC, 2 fatalities. But the point was made all the same.
And as for the whiskey rebellion, I think there was a single fatality.
But again, the point was driven home. Within the bounds of the constitution, the government is not libertarian in nature and has never been so.
At the moment, it is nowhere near it. Not even in the same area code. Pretty sure you agree with me, but for entirely different reasons.