"And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be somebody's fault instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen or dirty lazy government-teat sucking poors and blacks abuse the hard work of honest white middle-class taxpayers," Paul said.
Accidents happen. I spilled some pasta on the floor, and now the livelihood of everybody in my area is affected.
fixed for subtext.
and yeah, in a vacuum, where we are all individuals operating in context-free isolation, not selling someone something is victimless. but when the act of "selling" is more than simple an exchange of goods/services/currency, and when like-minded individuals group together in communities, and when those groups form greater societies all of whom are against selling something to someone on account of their skin color or perceived sexual preference or long hair or religious affiliation, well, THEN you have a need for an authority with a larger perspective to step in and bust shit up. the fundamental failing of the libertarian -- the one they just can't wrap their heads around -- is that NO MAN IS AN ISLAND. if you are going to involve other people in ANY aspect of your life, then you must relinquish certain perceived freedoms, many of which are relinquished not because they impact your immediate environs or status but because you have CHOSEN to be part of a larger community that has specific needs to retain overall cohesion. perspective: not something common to lolbertarian outlooks, and the lack of it is why social progressives are so mystified. and *we're* the ones that supposed hate america?
of course, this approach will be rendered into some hilariously binary argument by one of the libertarian set here, because everything is either one thing -OR- another, and there can be no messy, inconvenient, uncomfortable shades of grey that require moral flexibility or cultural adaptation. no, if you practice that approach, you're IMMORAL!!!!! or you must take it some illogical extreme that results in everyone getting sent to camps somewhere.
