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Old 17-12-2007, 10:57 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by noachian View Post
Personally I see no wrong in Conscription in a time like that of WWII, and Powell was a Nationalist also for good reason, immigration was very high and many Britons were getting uncomfortable with the amount of NCI's (New Commonwealth Immigrants) entering the country. Like many things, Nationalism is a 'two-way' movement; it has it's possitives and negatives (most often used in a negative manor)
I find it interesting how the 'two way movement' in libertarian politics is not a bad one. Whether you are a moral libertarian (Rand, Nozick) or a utilitarian libertarian (Hayek, Friedman), the result is still the same. I don't really know of a bad libertarian political philosophy.
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