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Old 29th June 2009
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Originally Posted by Dios View Post
The founders of the country wouldn't know libertarianism from a hole in the wall, in fairness. Blank looks all round. And again, you are ignoring the fact that it owes its survival to very non-libertarian actions.
They would have been reasonably familiar with the ideas of John Locke (just as contemporary libertarians are).
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