"For the Constitution, rather than suggesting that all behave in a godlike manner, recognizes that, to the contrary, people are swine and will take any opportunity to subvert any agreement in order to pursue what they consider to be their proper interests."
As long as this argument continues to be the dominant one used to support the Constitution and capitalism, they will never win. Replace "For the Constitution" with "For a petty dictator," read the quote again, and you'll understand what I mean. The argument for the constitution should not be that men are swine, but rather that men are heroic; that they need to live in a society in which their rights are protected, so that they DON'T HAVE to act like swine, as they would have to under statism, in order to survive.
This guy may no longer be a liberal, but I think he's still pretty brain-dead. He does the fight for free-markets a disservice.
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"For the Constitution, rather than suggesting that all behave in a godlike manner, recognizes that, to the contrary, people are swine and will take any opportunity to subvert any agreement in order to pursue what they consider to be their proper interests."
As long as this argument continues to be the dominant one used to support the Constitution and capitalism, they will never win. Replace "For the Constitution" with "For a petty dictator," read the quote again, and you'll understand what I mean. The argument for the constitution should not be that men are swine, but rather that men are heroic; that they need to live in a society in which their rights are protected, so that they DON'T HAVE to act like swine, as they would have to under statism, in order to survive.
This guy may no longer be a liberal, but I think he's still pretty brain-dead. He does the fight for free-markets a disservice.
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