On Wednesday 2 May 2012 at 5:42 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > If war turns every man into looking out for himself, then what is this > world we live in, this libertarian machine age of every man for > himself?
I'd say that is a straw man, except that definitions of libertarianism are all over the place nowadays and I'm sure you can find a citation for just such a definition. At least in my book, I don't see anything fundamentally libertarian about "every man for himself" or anything essentially anti-libertarian about helping out people you feel need your help. Charity is not anti-libertarian -- your property is yours to do as you see fit, and that includes giving it away. What *is* anti-libertarian though, is forcing another man to give up his property for a cause which *you* see as a just one. Venky (the Second). PS: No, I have no idea how this has anything at all to do with the topic Shiv started in this thread, but hey, this is silklist.
