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  9. Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:22:56 -0400
  10. Sender:       Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
  11. From:         The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
  12. Subject:      Re: Cross controversy?
  13. Comments: To: POLITICS@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
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  16. >
  17. >Agreed about the bad name Libertarians get, Brett, but maybe if Lyndon
  18. >LaRouchewasn't their best-known proponent, they wouldn't have that image.   :)
  19.  
  20.         Lyndon LaRouche is not now, nor has ever been, a Libertarian.  (Nor is
  21. David Duke.)  However, they are (repectively) a Democrat and Republican. :)
  22.  
  23. >My question is, Why do we have to have libertarianism?  Why do we have to
  24. >have socialism, or other -isms that tend to that end of the spectrum?  What's
  25. >wrong with democracy?
  26.  
  27.         Libertarianism isn't Democracy??
  28.  
  29. >If democracy "doesn't work," what makes you think libertarianism would work?
  30. >Of course, democracy includes libertarianism and socialism.   :)
  31. >So, in the end I think we'll be okay.
  32. >Ellen
  33.  
  34.         It's not that we're not ok, it's that things could be better.
  35.  
  36. Brett'
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