How about we start focusing on the moral improvement of the neoconservatives?

Published: November 1, 2007, 10:12 am

Tags: religion, conservatives sure are funny, libertarians, class issues, assholes

Ampersand has a hysterical post up where he points out that Megan McArdle’s entire system of whiny arguments about using taxes for “charity” is based on the incorrect notion that only the wealthy pay taxes. But I what I find interesting about it is the conversation he references illuminates how libertarianism is simply a weak cover story for good, old-fashioned class warfare. I don't know why Matt should find this remarkable: Still, the main psychological point remains that there's a remarkable tendency to equate advocating that others engage in risky acts of physical violence with the idea of possessing courage and strength as personal characteristics. After all, we've already internalized the notion that advocating taxing other people in order to give their money to someone else is somehow morally akin to charity. That’s why I’m mostly unable to get on the train with the strange fascination with this woman. Yes, she’s

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