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  1. Nov 2013
    1. Therefore let us take his advice to heart and stop trying to use government to set every perceived injustice right, it is the majority of the time a poor tool to achieve this, especially when it comes to wages.

      Therefore let us take his advice to heart and stop trying to use government to right every perceived wrong. Especially when it comes to wages, government is a crude tool.

    2. I have to say he is right, not many people examine the currency and the negative effects of constant debasement by the Bank of Canada.

      "I have to say he is right; not many people examine the currency and the negative effects of constant debasement by the Bank of Canada.

    3. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose

      Why center alignment for a quote. Usually it is indented on both sides.

    4. Another issue to that should be addressed in order to raise wages and the standard of living is examining the status of the Canadian dollar.

      Awkward. Perhaps: "Another issue of raising wages and living standards is the status of the Canadian dollar."

  2. Oct 2013
    1. To conceive of libertarianism as only the NAP is incredibly shortsighted and oversimplified. That needs to be understood and it needs be excused because we have a whole raft of scholars in our community who tell us that the proper use of force is the full width and breath of what it means to be a libertarian. I say it is a whole lot more. For me, it includes, skepticisim of authority, questioning, reasoning, forgiveness, love, kindness, mutual aid, collective defense, voluntary cooperation, building and not destroying. It is about prosperity, about helping people. It is about ending the rule of violence and replacing it with the rule of reason. It’s about resolving disputes not with the executioner or the torturer but with cooperative mediation or voluntary arbitration. It’s about, not returning to a darker time but advancing to a more brilliant future where every life is valued, cultivated and brought to its maximum potential.

      The depths of libertarianism.