Libertarianism, is the beginning of the anarchy of the ungoverned.
Too many liberationist, will eventually cause the whole of society to come
apart. The study of history is to insure you don't make the same mistakes
twice or as it is in the case of the USA, we return to the stupidly and
mistakes about every 25 years. We have to preserve the historical, good and
bad, because it has to be preserved. This is the reason we should save the
mustangs and the parks. We can't let our self centered motivations take us
away from our good natures.
JPAdams
Texas
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Sam--
The answer to your first question is "yes." To my eye, the question you
pose is a false dichotomy. We have good reason to worry about both. It
does take citizens of good character and right disposition to sustain a
democracy. And the propensity of power to corrupt is real, and must be
guarded against.
A large question posed by this conversation is, "does there exist any good
reason to engage in public historic preservation of *any* kind?"
And an even larger one is "does there exist any good reason to study
history, other than personal entertainment?"
I would submit that there does exist a strong rationale to answer both
questions, but that it is not a libertarian one. From the perspective of
Free Market Libertarianism, I think the answer to both questions is "no."
All best,
Kevin
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>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:56:57 -0500
>From: Sam Treynor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Ft Monroe & public funds
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Kevin -
>
>Who should we worry about, those ordinary people who, given liberty, might
>not do what is best, or those hungry for power, who given coercive
>authority, might use it to oppress?
Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
Department of History
James Madison University
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