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More on "Libertarian Civil Disobedience"
(Why aren't you reading this at the new website?)

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The EconLog post on why libertarians seem so willing to submit to government excesses and abuses, to which I blogged a reply seems to have legs.

My latest comment entry:
There is of course a third way [as opposed to submission or civil disobedience]: to sue, hopefully before "activist judges" who understand their solemn constitutional duty to thwart the tyranny of the majority.
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Civil disobedience? We can't even get people to check "No" on the $3 Presidential Campaign Fund box on tax returns.

Also, I would submit (sorry, poor word choice) that the Taser and the increasingly lax standards by which its use is considered appropriate have made traditional 1960s-style civil disobedience difficult if not impossible.
Discuss.

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Posted by Kip on 28 February 2008


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