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A smart libertarian says stop glorifying 18th century America

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I don’t agree with libertarian economic policy, but I do greatly appreciate this Cato Institute vice-president David Boaz’s smart post on why there was never a “golden age of lost liberty.” H/T Josh. Maybe the Tea Partiers should read this. I doubt they would care. Certainly Bob McDonnell wouldn’t.

Written by David Weinfeld

April 9, 2010 at 23:34

Posted in African Americans, History & Historians, ideology, libertarianism, The Right

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  1. [...] has been some discussion on this blog and others about the crude libertarian idea that America today is less “free” than it was in [...]

    On “Freedom” in the 18th Century « Ph.D. Octopus

    April 12, 2010 at 15:24

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