03-03-2013, 12:52 PM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
People like Jefferson, Bastiat, and Franklin were able to accomplish the things they did, because they didn't spend a lot of time worrying about how to carry groceries.
quote:If Jefferson had a consistent & well thought out philosophy of Liberty, how did his ownership of slaves fit into that philosophy? I would think most (all?) of his slaves had no liberty and were forced to work for him. The Civil War was pretty effectual in changing human behavior, for the positive, for the slaves. The Big Island bag law can also have a positive affect, and sometimes a law and a 5 cent charge at the till is all it takes.
Originally posted by afwjam
If men like them did not have a consistent and well thought out philosophy of Liberty then we never would have had a Declaration of Independence. They would have thought government telling you or a business what container to use as completely absurd and utterly ineffectual in actually effecting change in human behavior for the positive.
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